just a horrible hit piece which used things like Biden's comment that a lit of black people around the nation are motivated politically by the same issues whereas Latinx population has more diverse concerns based on region (Florida it may be Cuba relations, Arizona it may be immigration issues, etc etc)

Lots of anonymous sources. Speculation rather than fact

Good to see you back, em.

I've stopped wasting my time with that horrible site.

....bashing Democrats.

We don't need that shit now.

Thanks for sharing.

By the way, they often have pretty good reporting.

Just sayin'.

VP candidates. It's all clickbait . They're just trying to get visitors to their site. They don't like it when one candidate is polling far ahead of another because they want the horse race.

with anonymous sources and speculation presented as ‘fact’

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They have at least one bitter "journalist" who was all-in for another candidate OTHER than Biden, and her resentment and disappointment is so overwhelming that she appears to be fixated on doing everything possible to kneecap Biden. Whether it's another "Democrats in Disarray" story, or anonymous sources with lies and innuendo about Biden, the agenda is clear: To create distrust and resentment among Democrats; and to stoke the anger and disappointment of others who didn't originally support Biden; and to amplify the differences.

Politico has very low standards, and it shows in the absolutely dreadful (so-called) nickel-a-word "journalists" they pay. They've turned to trash. Worse than H.A. Goodman.

but soon saw their agenda

Analysis / Bias

Both sides of the political spectrum have accused Politico of either having a left or right bias. For example, Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group in Washington, has accused them of having a “Republican tilt.” Politico also published an article criticizing Obama for not being a strong supporter of Israel: “Obama’s Jewish Problem”. In another article they state that Liberals are not as tolerant as they say they are: “Why Liberals Aren’t as Tolerant as They Think.” Further, here is an article criticizing Democratic Socialism: “Down Goes Socialism” and another criticizing Bernie Sanders, “Bernie’s army in disarray.” Lastly, according to the Poynter Institute, Politico is balanced.

The right leaning Daily Caller has also criticized Politico for having a liberal bias when they compared a New York Times headline to Politico’s Playbook headline, by claiming that it “Extended further to the left than the NYT on this headline.”

A 2014 Pew Research Survey found that 59% of Politico’s audience is consistently or mostly liberal, 16% Mixed and 26% consistently or mostly conservative. This indicates that Politico is preferred by a more liberal audience.

In review, Politico occasionally publishes listicles such as “All of Trump’s Russia Ties, in 7 Charts.” They also publish articles with minimally loaded words such as “Ocasio-Cortez warns Trump Jr. about subpoena power in response to meme”, and they source to credible media outlets such as Reuters and the NY Times. However, they sometimes do use emotional headlines such as this: Establishment looks to crush liberals on Medicare for All.

Editorially, they provide a balance of opinions as evidenced by the criticism they have received from both sides. Further, their news articles tend to be balanced through covering both sides and counterpoints to the story they are reporting on.

A factual search reveals they have not failed a fact check.

Overall, we rate Politico Least Biased based on balanced coverage of news stories and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record. (5/18/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 10/07/2019)

Well, I didn't provide it to make any particular point at all and have no opinion along those lines and I don't read Politico.

However, I find "that site" to be very useful and accurate in most cases and recommend it highly. Maybe you can find or recommend a meta-fact-check-bias site that checks the media bias fact check sites that will underscore your negative assessment?

Opinions vary. Thanks.

way too subjective in the way they score so-callled bias

Thanks.

Well, if you ever find something better, do post about it. I am sure you would agree that we do need ways to accurately assesses sites now and it also helps us to point out the biases and mixing of sketchy info with regular, accurate reporting. That's the tactic for many sites that have foreign influences.

What is great about Media Bias/Fact Check is that you get a rundown on who owns the site and its connections to various groups, figures and countries. It has helped me bring that to the attention of people who have sent me links that I find questionable and have responded to so that they can see for themselves and not just rely on my bias and opinions. That's useful.

Biden is too "boring."

Never trusted it. When they first came on the scene, I wondered where they came from, and how they were able to be somewhat prominent so fast. Still don't trust them.

To be fair, though, I have read a few good articles that were posted here on DU.

about 12 years ago someone on MSNBC did a report which showed that most of their financial backers and editors had conservative roots.

As I posted on another Politico beatdown thread here this morning.

in the same way The Intercept was.