# Opinionated

> Searches links on the active tab and informs you by adding text beside links that point to an opinion article. For non-opinion articles, a media bias list from AllSides is used to identify Left, Lean Left, Center, Lean Right, and Right biased sites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/opinionated](https://chrome-stats.com/d/opinionated)

## Overview

- **ID:** `opinionated`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** William Johnston
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-31
- **First published:** 2020-04-05
- **Size:** 1.62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/opinionated/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/wjohnsto/opinionated](https://github.com/wjohnsto/opinionated)

## Description

Opinionated is a Firefox add-on that searches for opinion articles and adds text beside their links. It also uses a curated list to indicate media bias on news sources. Get informed with Opinionated!

## Rankings

- #40,525 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/opinionated)