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Is HuffPost biased?

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Verdict: HuffPost (Huffington Post) is rated Left with mostly factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check. In CadNews’s last 30 days it covered 19 stories; 2 of 19 were also covered by the other side.

HuffPost is a digital outlet covering politics, news, culture and lifestyle, with a progressive editorial outlook.

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External ratings are attributed to their linked rater pages. CadNews’s saved coverage and framing measurements are separate; neither is a guarantee for every story.

How HuffPost covered the news this month

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Methodology: we count the stories in our archive from the last 30 days that include HuffPost (opinion pieces excluded). For each analyzed story, the AI classifies how each outlet's article is framed, based on emphasis, word choice and what it includes or omits, and flags loaded phrases. These are automated estimates, not verdicts. How CadNews works

Political leaning spectrum

HuffPost is rated Left with mostly factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check.LeftCenterRightMBFC

Circles: independent raters’ political labels; diamond, when shown: CadNews’s average saved political framing, not a reliability rating.

Ownership and funding

Owner
BuzzFeed · Source ↗
Type
Digital news outlet

How other raters rate HuffPost

RaterRatingSource
Media Bias/Fact CheckLeft · Mostly FactualView rating ↗

CadNews’s own coverage numbers come from its saved coverage data, separate from these external ratings.

Recent coverage compared

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Blind spots

Big stories from the last 30 days, covered by outlets on both sides, that HuffPost didn't cover in its feeds.

Media Bias/Fact Check

Left · Mostly Factual

Factual reliability

mostly factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check

Founded

2005

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Headquarters

New York City, NY

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Type

Digital news outlet

Ownership

BuzzFeed

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Strengths

  • ·Regular national coverage CadNews compares with other outlets.

Things to keep in mind

  • ·Its perspective comes from the linked external rating; compare coverage across outlets.

Is HuffPost left or right?

HuffPost is rated Left with mostly factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check. External ratings are attributed to their linked rater pages. CadNews’s saved coverage and framing measurements are separate; neither is a guarantee for every story.

Is HuffPost credible?

HuffPost is rated Left with mostly factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check. External ratings are attributed to their linked rater pages. CadNews’s saved coverage and framing measurements are separate; neither is a guarantee for every story.

What is HuffPost?

HuffPost is a digital outlet covering politics, news, culture and lifestyle, with a progressive editorial outlook. Founded in 2005. Owned by BuzzFeed. Based in New York City, NY. Format: Digital news outlet.

What does HuffPost cover most?

Of the 19 HuffPost stories in CadNews's archive over the last 30 days, the most common topics were Politics (84%), Top Stories (16%).

Does HuffPost cover the same stories as the other side?

2 of 19 HuffPost stories in our archive over the last 30 days were also covered by outlets on the other side of the political spectrum. Stories it covered alone, and big stories it skipped, are listed on this page.

Read across the spectrum

Any single outlet has a perspective. To get the full picture on a story, compare how sources on the left, center, and right cover it side by side.

Outlets on the other side

Compare HuffPost with outlets whose sourced political labels fall on the other side of the spectrum.

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