SmartNews

About SmartNews's Bias Rating

SmartNews is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.

What a "Lean Left" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Left display media bias in ways that moderately align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Left bias is a moderately liberal rating on the political spectrum.

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• SmartNews Bias Rated Lean Left in Oct.-Nov 2023 Analysis

SmartNews Bias Rated Lean Left in Oct.-Nov 2023 Analysis

In October–November 2023, an AllSides bias analysis of SmartNews found a Lean Left bias. AllSides found the top news sources on Smartnews were 5% Left-rated, 51% Lean Left-rated, 32% Center-rated, 1% Lean Right-rated, 1% Right-rated, and 11% not rated by AllSides. 

In this analysis, AllSides included SmartNews’ “Politics”, “U.S.”, “World”, and “SmartTake” sections over a two-week period. 

In the “Politics” section of the app, 70% of sources were on the left, 11% were in the center, 0% on the right, and 19% were not rated.

In the “U.S.” section of the SmartNews app, 30% of sources were on the left, 59% in the center, 1% on the right, and 10% not rated. 

In the “World” section of the app, 1% of sources were on the left, 99% were in the center, and 0% were on the right.

The “SmartTake” section displayed 71% of sources on the left, 14% in the center, 3% on the right and 11% not rated. 

The top five news sources across SmartNews sections were ABC News (Lean Left), USA Today (Lean Left), DW (Center), Associated Press (Lean Left), and Evening Standard (Center). No sources on the right were among the top 10 outlets displayed on SmartNews’ sections.

Under the Politics tab of SmartNews, there is a feature called “News From All Sides,” which allows users to see articles about a specific topic or news story sorted in three groups, from liberal to conservative. (Important Note: this feature is not connected in any way with AllSides Technologies, Inc.). Although the “News From All Sides” feature may indicate an interest in presenting balanced news, SmartNews overall displays far less news from Right and Lean Right-rated sources. 

Learn more about the AllSides SmartNews Bias Analysis™ and get full results here.

As of 2024, AllSides had analyzed the bias of multiple news aggregators and found most of them Lean Left.

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As of July 2024, people have voted on the AllSides Media Bias Rating for SmartNews. On average, those who disagree with our rating think this source has a Center bias.

As of July 2024, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean left rating for SmartNews. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.