Modern World History: Media / Website Reliability: In the Taft Library

Print Newspapers and Magazines in the Library Reading Room

• HARTFORD COURANT: Established in 1764, America's longest-running newspaper in the US is in Hartford, CT. 
  • Current issue and week stored on newspaper shelves.
  • Available online in ProQuest Newspapers database 1992-present.
  • MediaBiasFactCheck rating: Left-Center Bias (These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.)  
• NATIONAL REVIEW One of the most widely read and influential publications for conservative news, commentary, and opinion.
  • One year current on magazine shelves.
  • Available online in Academic Search Complete database: Jan. 1975-current. 
  • MediaBiasFactCheck rating: Right Bias These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. 
• TIME Magazine A weekly magazine covering national and international news and culture.
  • One year current on magazine shelves.
  • Available online in Academic Search Complete database: March 1923-present. 
  • MediaBiasFactCheck rating: Left-Center Bias (These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.)  
• THE WALL STREET JOURNAL American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City.
  • Current issue and week stored on newspaper shelves.
  • Available online in US Major Dailies database: 1984-current.
  • MediaBiasFactCheck rating: Right-Center Bias (These media sources are slight to moderately conservative in bias.) 
• THE WEEK A weekly magazine covering the topics of News and Opinion as well as Science and Technology, with sections for Speed Reads, Business, and more. 
  • One year current on magazine shelves.
  • Not available in any Taft Library database.
  • MediaBiasFactCheck rating: Left Bias (These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.)

Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) relies on signatories of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) when evaluating the political/factual bias of thousands of media sources (left, center-left, least biased, center-right, right, pro-science, conspiracy and pseudo-science, questionable sources, and satire). It includes the methodology used to classify each source. Sources rated very high or high on factual reporting have proper sourcing and a clean fact check record.