Breitbart News

• Breitbart Shows Story Choice Bias in 2025 Bias Analysis
• Breitbart Rated Right in Dec. 2024 Blind Bias Survey
• Breitbart Rated Right in July 2021 AllSides Blind Bias Survey
• Breitbart Fact Check Section Also Shares Right Bias: July 2021 Editorial Review

Breitbart Shows Story Choice Bias: AllSides 2025 “Shaping the Narrative” Bias Analysis

In April 2025, AllSides’ “Shaping the Narrative” bias analysis examined which topics were most frequently reported on in outlets across the political spectrum. The analysis revealed potential story choice bias — a form of media bias that reveals which perspectives, information, or angles the outlet perceives as most important.

The most prevalent topic covered by Breitbart was Politics, appearing in 24% of 140 articles analyzed. The next four most prevalent topics were the International News (20%), Trump Administration (17%), and Economy (16%).

Breitbart often spun headlines to favor the Trump administration, Republican politicians, and sway negative perspectives towards Democrats. As a result the outlet remains with a Right rating.

During a 14-day period from April 9 – 22, 2025, AllSides pulled the top 10 articles on each outlets’ homepage — 140 total articles per outlet. Read the entire report here.

Breitbart Rated Right in Dec. 2024 Blind Bias Survey

In a Dec. 2024 Blind Bias Survey, Breitbart was rated Right (6.49).

Regardless of self-identified political bias or party affiliation, respondents rated Breitbart as Right, on average, confirming Breitbart's AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Right at the time.

A total of 761 people across the political spectrum took the survey, including 73 with a Left bias, 192 with a Lean Left bias, 215 with a Center bias, 224 with a Lean Right bias, and 57 with a Right bias.

Breitbart Rated Right in July 2021 AllSides Blind Bias Survey

In the July 2021 AllSides Blind Bias Survey, in which people across the political spectrum rated content from Breitbart without knowing the source, the average rating was Right.

A total of 1,279 people from across the political spectrum rated the bias of Breitbart. A majority of respondents rated it as Right, including a plurality of people in all bias categories. The second most common response from all bias categories was Lean Right.

Breitbart Fact Check Section Also Shares Right Bias: July 2021 Editorial Review

A Small Group Editorial Review of Breitbart’s fact-checking page by AllSides editors on the left, center, and right in July 2021 found that this section had a Right bias rating. 

How Many Americans Trust Breitbart: 2025 Data

According to Pew Research Center's data on news trust:

• 5% of Americans say they trust Breitbart as a source of news
• 17% of Americans distrust Breitbart

Among political groups:

• 10% of Republicans/Lean Rs trust Breitbart
• 1% of Democrats/Lean Ds trust Breitbart
• 8% of Republicans/Lean Rs distrust Breitbart
• 26% of Democrats/Lean Ds distrust Breitbart

Controversies and Accusations

Click here to read our breakdown of accusations of misinformation against Breitbart.

Breitbart has been involved in notable, often controversial stories, including:

• The ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. See details on Christian Science Monitor and Breitbart.
• The firing of Shirley Sherrod. See details on Wikipedia and articles on Breitbart.
• The Anthony Weiner sexting scandal.
• The “Friends of Hamas” story. See coverage on Breitbart and the New Yorker.

About Breitbart

Breitbart News Network is a politically conservative American news and opinion website headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional bureaus in Texas, London and Jerusalem. Breitbart was founded in 2007 by conservative commentator and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart. It initially featured wire stories and direct links to a number of major international organizations. Since then, Breitbart has developed to include more original content, with website components including BigHollywood.com, BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com.

According to the 2014 Pew Research Study, Where News Audiences Fit on the Political Spectrum, a majority (79%) of Breitbart readers held political values to the political right or right-of-center. About 7% of Breitbart's audience held left or left-of-center political values (compared with 38% of all respondents to the survey). Roughly 14% of Breitbart's audience was considered to hold mixed or center-aligned political values (compared with 36% of all respondents to the survey).

Breitbart is owned by Breitbart News Network LLC. Andrew Breitbart founded and launched Breitbart.com as a news aggregator in 2005. After the death of Andrew Breitbart in 2012, Larry Solov became CEO and president of Breitbart News. According to BuzzFeed's Steve Perlberg; Solov appeared before the Standing Committee of the Senate Press Gallery in Nov. 2016 to secure official Capitol Hill credentials. In the meeting, Solov revealed that the owners are himself, founder Andrew Breitbart's widow, Susie Breitbart, and the Mercer family. Breitbart's family owns the largest stake.

Financing and ownership information last updated March 11, 2021 If you think this information is out of date or needs to be updated, please contact us.