Is Factually a Conservative or Liberal site
Executive summary
There is no evidence in the provided reporting that directly assesses the political slant of a site named “Factually,” so a definitive classification of Factually as conservative or liberal cannot be made from these sources; what the reporting does show is how fact-checkers are generally evaluated and perceived, and that perceptions of bias are often partisan [1] [2]. Several referenced organizations—AllSides, Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), and academic libraries—offer frameworks and ratings for fact-checkers, but none of the supplied items discuss “Factually” specifically [2] [3] [4].
1. What the sources actually evaluate: fact-checking institutions, not “Factually”
Multiple items in the set describe established fact‑checking organizations and bias-assessment services—FactCheck.org is repeatedly presented as a nonpartisan project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center [4] [5] [6], AllSides publishes a Fact Check Bias Chart comparing major fact-checkers [2], and Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) positions itself as a comprehensive bias resource [3]; none of these entries profile or rate a site named “Factually,” so the supplied material cannot be used to label that specific site [2] [3] [4].
2. How fact‑checking sites are classified in the sources: methods and disagreements
The reporting shows there are established methodologies and disagreement across evaluators: AllSides explicitly measures and displays bias for fact-checking outlets and warns that fact-checkers may display bias via story selection or emphasis [2], MBFC claims broad coverage and classification of thousands of sources [3], and academic library guides cite FactCheck.org as nonpartisan; these differences in approach mean that a single site can receive different labels depending on the evaluator and method used [2] [3] [6].
3. Perception vs. measurement: partisan viewers shape bias labels
Empirical social science in the set finds that political affiliation strongly influences which outlets people call “fake news” or biased, meaning audience perception can diverge from an outlet’s stated neutrality or third‑party ratings [1]. That study suggests that even if an evaluator labels a fact‑checker “center” or “least biased,” sizable segments of the public may perceive the same outlet as left or right, complicating any simple answer to whether a fact‑checking site is conservative or liberal [1].
4. What the ratings in the sources illustrate about similar sites (useful context, not proof)
AllSides and MBFC are used as reference points in academic and library resources to characterize fact‑checking outlets—AllSides gives bias scores and MBFC provides credibility and bias categorizations—so if one wanted to classify “Factually” these are typical places to look [2] [3] [4]. However, the supplied material includes an AllSides entry for FactCheck.org (bias meter -1.6) as an example of how a well‑established fact‑checker is scored, not evidence about Factually itself [7].
5. Conclusion and limits of available reporting
Based on the documents provided, it is not possible to answer the question “Is Factually a conservative or liberal site” because none of the supplied sources analyze or even mention a website by that name; the reporting instead provides frameworks for judging fact‑checkers, discusses how established fact‑checkers like FactCheck.org are described, and documents that perceptions of bias are often shaped by partisan affiliation [4] [5] [2] [1] [3]. To resolve the original question would require direct evidence: an external bias rating or content/audience analysis of Factually itself, which is absent from the supplied reporting.