Determining source credibility is important, because it means you trust the information.
In general, consider the following...
Watch the video to get a better understanding of credible resources. Also, use the guide on this page to help you evaluate sources.
Use this guide to help you determine the credibility and usefulness of information.
In a perfect world, news or the reporting of current events would be presented as unbiased and fact based. In reality, many news sources are biased with either a liberal or conservative slant. When reading news in print or online, it can be difficult to determine if a media source leans in a certain direction (left/liberal or right/conservative) or is neutral and balanced.
Ad Fontes Media is an organization that rates the bias and reliability of various news sources with analysts using a specific methodology. View the most up-to-date Interactive Media Bias Chart. Once on the platform, look for a specific news source by name in the search box on the left. Example searches: Honolulu Star-Advertiser or Honolulu Civil Beat.
Watch the video below as it explains how the chart came about and how it works. It does not depict the most recent chart.