Stars and Stripes Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Fact Reporting

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Stars and Stripes in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Stars and Stripes is an independent newspaper published continuously since World War II. It reports on news important to the U.S. military community. Founded in 1861, the publication is headquartered in Washington, D.C. A print edition is published Monday through Thursday, with a Weekend Edition on Friday. Stars and Stripes maintains news bureaus around the world including Europe, Pacific, and the Middle East.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Stars and Stripes according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 49.14

Bias: 0.48

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL Bias Reliability
Biden calls for assault weapons ban as support for stricter gun laws decreases 1.67 44.33
Display of ‘thin blue line’ flag violated DOD policy, Ramstein Air Base says -1.33 42.33
US forces leave Kandahar Airfield as drawdown continues in Afghanistan 0.67 45.67
Masks no longer required for fully vaccinated personnel at Defense Department facilities 0.67 44.67
60 planeloads of US military equipment leave Afghanistan as drawdown begins, CENTCOM says 0 49.33
Military in Europe to receive coronavirus vaccines soon; Germany stands up vaccination centers 0 48.67
Rockets fired onto Bagram Airfield; no casualties or damage reported 0 49.33
Fort Hood’s top enlisted soldier suspended, investigation pending 0 48.33
USS Ronald Reagan families gather on Facebook to welcome sailors home amid pandemic 0.67 47.67
High demand, limited supply: Exchange shoppers set their sights on the new Xbox, PlayStation 0 48
Fort Bliss imposes more coronavirus safety measures, builds mobile hospital as cases continue to rise 0 52
US military bases prepare for new rules as Italy decrees nighttime curfew 0 49.33
Number of veterans serving in Congress could slightly decrease after election 0.67 48
Veteran died by suicide after not receiving needed care at Memphis VA, IG report says 0 53
Half of Defense Department schools in US will start classes remotely -0.33 50
Russia makes Open Skies treaty flight over US military bases in Germany 1 50.67
WWII warbirds arrive in Hawaii for historic flyovers to commemorate end of war 75 years ago 1.33 53.67
Army garrison commander near Tokyo calls out soldiers for partying in off-limits areas 0.83 51.5
One Marine dead, two injured and eight others are missing after training accident off California coast 2.5 53.5
A farewell to armor: Marine Corps shuts down tank units, hauls away M1A1s 1 45.67
What will it take to move 12,000 troops from Germany? Closures, time and lots of money 1 51.67
Major US military units to leave Germany as part of large drawdown to begin within weeks, Esper says 0.33 53.67

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