Show Media Bias / Fact Check ratings for Facebook, Twitter and news websites as you browse

Latest Version

Version

4.0.2

Update

February 24, 2024

Size

903KiB

Developer

Media Bias Fact Check Extension

Be informed as you read your Facebook feed. We are the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 3000+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Fake News sources.

Updated to for the new Facebook layout

We are very excited to announce a new feature: Collapsable News

1. Click on the \"Collapse\" section on the left
2. Choose which news categories to collapse in your feed
3. Revel in the reduction in stress from your extreme FB friends

Source Manifest.json

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Download CRX(903KiB)

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User reviews

Richard (ID: 0000002716fe5a11) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 11/13/2023 It pains me to give the extension a mediocre rating because it provides such a critically important tool, but it's strictly for technical reasons. I love its *purpose* and I fully trust the assessments it displays for news websites, because I've thoroughly vetted the same-named website on which those ratings are based. I find their (openly-published) methodology to be sound, and eventually even became a lifetime subscriber. But the extension failed me too many times, and I finally had to remove it several weeks ago. (I had to reinstall it to post this review.) The problem: I kept noticing that its icon had vanished from the browser. Each time, I went to the area where you manage extensions, and each time saw the message "This extension may have been corrupted," or something very similar. There was always a button to repair the extension, and clicking it always seemed to work.... but then it would happen again days or weeks later, over and over. This all happened on a desktop computer, on the Linux operating system. It happened in the Brave web browser, and I believe also in the Chromium browser. I don't have Chrome, so I can't speak to how well it works on that. I always have a HUGE number of open tabs, so I considered that might be the cause, but I have several other extensions installed which have never needed repairing. I've removed and reinstalled it several times, and have provided feedback about this a few times before posting this rating. I really feel I did my due diligence. Hopefully the problem is fixable, or at least rare. Meanwhile the MediaBiasFactCheck website also recommends a similar, third-party extension which provides the same service. (I won't name it because I don't want it to seem I'm only criticizing this one to promote that one, but you can find it for yourself at https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/appsextensions/ and as of November 2023 it's one of the alternatives shown here in the Chrome web store.)

Adolfo Grosso (ID: 000000d1e70855d9) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 07/26/2023 Doesn't work on facebook anymore, doesn't run on chrome or firefox.

Tangent Man (ID: 000000504e11d85d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/10/2023 Media Bias Fact Check is an ESSENTIAL extension/web site to use in a world of misinformation and lies that ruin societies. If only everybody used this. Having used the web for 30 years and being politically aware, I can confirm that the information provided by MBFC is at least 95% correct.

Eric Roth (ID: 0000006e6749cc88) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/10/2023 This is a tried and true sort to discover and understand the media that you are consuming. I believe in reading all sides of story and understanding where the "news" is coming from. I am a child of Brinkley, Cronkite and Rather. I am a consumer of NPR in my adult life. It still means I am going to check everyone's bias to better understand my own. Be curious...not judgemental! This extension is your resource to better information.

Sirnir Víkingur (ID: 000000a08e1d4d30) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/20/2023 Works really good, Easy 5 🌟

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Media Bias Fact Check