Media Bias Fact Check
Show Media Bias / Fact Check ratings for Facebook, Twitter and news websites as you browse
What is Media Bias Fact Check?
"Media Bias Fact Check" is a Chrome extension that helps you stay informed as you browse through your Facebook feed or Twitter. It works by providing credibility and bias ratings for over 3000+ media sources. It also features the new Collapsable News, where users can select to hide certain news categories on their feed, reducing stress from overwhelming content.
Stats
By:
Mike Crowe
Users:
10,000+
Rating:
4.76
(74)
Creation date:
2019-11-21
Risk impact:
Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
3
Permissions:
Host permissions:
Size:
924.67K
Email:
dr*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
,Privacy policy
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
#
7950
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Summary
Be informed as you read your Facebook feed. We are the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 3000+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Fake News sources.
Updated to for the new Facebook layout
We are very excited to announce a new feature: Collapsable News
- Click on the "Collapse" section on the left
- Choose which news categories to collapse in your feed
- Revel in the reduction in stress from your extreme FB friends
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- An essential tool for checking media bias and providing credible news sources
- Easy to use interface
- Has a speedy performance, especially on platforms like Facebook
Cons
- Technical issues causing the extension to vanish or malfunction
- Doesn't provide detailed rating explanations
- Issues of the extension leaning towards the left
Most mentioned
- Useful in identifying and avoiding biased news sources
- The fact-checking capability of the extension
- The extension's instability and technical issues
Recent reviews
It pains me to give the extension a mediocre rating because it provides such a critically important tool, but it's strictly for technical reasons. I love its *purpose* and I fully trust the assessments it displays for news websites, because I've thoroughly vetted the same-named website on which those ratings are based. I find their (openly-published) methodology to be sound, and eventually even became a lifetime subscriber.
But the extension failed me too many times, and I finally had to remove it several weeks ago. (I had to reinstall it to post this review.) The problem: I kept noticing that its icon had vanished from the browser. Each time, I went to the area where you manage extensions, and each time saw the message "This extension may have been corrupted," or something very similar. There was always a button to repair the extension, and clicking it always seemed to work.... but then it would happen again days or weeks later, over and over.
This all happened on a desktop computer, on the Linux operating system. It happened in the Brave web browser, and I believe also in the Chromium browser. I don't have Chrome, so I can't speak to how well it works on that. I always have a HUGE number of open tabs, so I considered that might be the cause, but I have several other extensions installed which have never needed repairing.
I've removed and reinstalled it several times, and have provided feedback about this a few times before posting this rating. I really feel I did my due diligence. Hopefully the problem is fixable, or at least rare.
Meanwhile the MediaBiasFactCheck website also recommends a similar, third-party extension which provides the same service. (I won't name it because I don't want it to seem I'm only criticizing this one to promote that one, but you can find it for yourself at https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/appsextensions/ and as of November 2023 it's one of the alternatives shown here in the Chrome web store.)
Doesn't work on facebook anymore, doesn't run on chrome or firefox.
Media Bias Fact Check is an ESSENTIAL extension/web site to use in a world of misinformation and lies that ruin societies. If only everybody used this. Having used the web for 30 years and being politically aware, I can confirm that the information provided by MBFC is at least 95% correct.
Safety
Risk impact
Media Bias Fact Check is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.
Risk likelihood
Media Bias Fact Check has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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