The Media Navigator classifies 72 leading media outlets based on their political stance and their establishment bias. In many cases, the latter is more significant.
The Media Navigator has been developed based on an in-depth analysis of news coverage, commentary, media ownership and financing. There is also a German edition available.
Direct links to media outlets
- Liberal establishment: CNN / The Daily Beast / VICE News / MSNBC / VOX / The Guardian / The Washington Post / Politico / Wikipedia
- Liberal intermediate: The Young Turks / Mother Jones / Jacobin / The Intercept / AlterNet / Democracy Now! / The Nation / TruthOut / The Real News Network
- Liberal independent: WSWS / The Canary / The Grayzone / Counterpunch / Jimmy Dore Show / Mint Press News / CovertAction Magazine / Declassified UK / offGuardian
- Center establishment: The New York Times / CBS News / ABC News / BBC News / The Financial Times / The Hill / TIME Magazine / The Economist / USA Today
- Center independent: Global Research / Moon of Alabama / Corbett Report / Unlimited Hangout / The Cradle / Last American Vagabond / 21st Century Wire / Consortium News / Voltaire Network
- Conservative establishment: Wall Street Journal / Telegraph (UK) / Daily Mail / New York Post / Washington Times / Spectator / Fox News / National Review / Washington Examiner
- Conservative intermediate: American Conservative / Epoch Times / UnHerd / Townhall / Daily Wire / Revolver News / Daily Caller / Breitbart News / Gateway Pundit
- Conservative independent: UK Column / SOTT / Anti War / Zero Hedge / Winter Watch / Lew Rockwell / VT Foreign Policy / Information Liberation / The Unz Review
Internet search engines
The following internet search engines use their own search index. On many controversial topics, these search engines provide very different suggestions and results. Most other search engines rely on results provided by Microsoft Bing (e.g. DuckDuckGo and Qwant) or Google (e.g. Startpage). To access the full range of media sources, a search engine other than Google has to be used.
1: Google (USA) – 2: Bing (Microsoft) – 3: Brave (USA) – 4: Mojeek (UK) – 5: Yandex (Russia) – 6: Petal (Huawei/China) – 7: eTools (Swiss meta search engine). More: The Search Engine Map.
Video Platforms
Well-known video platforms include YouTube (Google/USA), Rumble (USA), Odysee (USA), BitChute (UK), Dailymotion (France), Vimeo (USA), and the Internet Archive (USA). To access the full range of video sources, platforms other than YouTube have to be used.
MIT Project: Improve the News
Based in part on the SPR Media Navigator, an MIT research group led by professor Max Tegmark has developed an online app called Improve the News that allows readers to filter and compare news based on the political bias and the establishment bias of media outlets. Their own machine learning algorithm confirmed that these are indeed the two most important dimensions of media bias.