If you think this information is out of date or needs to be updated, please contact us.I’m obsessed with Vox’s YouTube channel. Spending money linked to SBF has led to accusations of bias from some who say they have not reported on SBF enough.įinancing and ownership information last updated January 4, 2023. They say they already spent $14,000 on a reporting project. In August 2022 Vox received a grant of $200,000 from Sam Bankman-Fried's foundation for a project called Future Perfect - “if and when a restitution fund is created.” Since SBF was arrested and charged with fraud, Vox said they intended to return nearly all $200,000. Roberts is the chairman, president, and CEO of Comcast. In August 2015, NBC Universal made a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media. As of 2022, Vox Media owns several other media properties including New York Magazine (Left bias), The Verge (Lean Left bias), Polygon (Not Rated), NowThis (Not Rated) and SB Nation (Not Rated). Vox is owned by Vox Media, which was founded in 2011 by Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett. Vox Ownership and Funding Funding and ownership do not influence bias ratings. Vox's coverage of then-candidate Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election also garnered criticism from conservatives. Additionally, The Week (Center bias) and The Federalist (Right bias) framed the website as having a progressive worldview. For example, the Washington Times (Lean Right bias) and conservative media watchdog groups have heavily criticized Vox.com’s perceived liberal bias. Some conservatives have argued that Vox's coverage leaves out opposing viewpoints and differing perspectives. Vox.com, therefore, aims to “explain the news” rather than simply report it. In founding Vox, Klein said he hoped to “improve the technology of news” and build an online platform better equipped for making news understandable. Run by the digital media company Vox Media, Vox.com currently has eight editorial brands including the sports website SB Nation and the technology news website The Verge. Vox, officially Vox.com, was founded in 2014 by Ezra Klein (Left bias), a columnist from the Washington Post (Lean Left bias), along with Melissa Bell and Matthew Yglesias (Lean Left bias). If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase. Two bias reviews have affirmed this rating or multiple reviews have returned differing results. One AllSides team member noted Vox "seems like advocacy outlet for the Democratic Party, showing all the "news" you'd like to hear as a Democrat."Ĭonfidence Level Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.Īs of April 2023, AllSides has medium confidence in our Left rating for Vox. Vox often blurred the line between news and editorial. The AllSides team noted that Vox often framed news and issues as if the left perspective were the only perspective, and its hard news articles included commentary that was subjective in nature. This prevented readers from getting a holistic understanding of the highlighted issues. Vox's Explainers provided only one side of an issue, making it seem as if the information provided is all readers need to know, when in reality, right-leaning individuals would likely include other facts or make different points about the topic, amounting to bias by omission. Articles on Vox.com tied President Trump to fascism, and its " Explainers" section almost never included right-leaning opinions or viewpoints. The AllSides team found that Vox consistently wrote favorably about left-leaning policies and never included a right-leaning perspective. 2018, the AllSides team conducted an extensive Editorial Review and decided to shift Vox from a Lean Left to a Left media bias rating. The reviewer also noted that Vox covered a wide range of cultural, scientific and policy issues despite publishing relatively few articles each day. Vox always argued in favor of LGBTQ rights and often criticized laws pushed by social conservatives. Vox's coverage rarely framed stories the way conservatives would. The reviewer noted that Vox's content often argued in favor of more government spending and more regulations on corporate power. In April 2022, a member of the AllSides team conducted an independent review of Vox's bias and confirmed the Left bias rating. Bias Reviews We use multiple methods to analyze sources.
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