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AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Center
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SF Weekly
Bias Rating Center
Type News Media
Region California
Owner San Francisco Media Co.
Established 1970
Website sfweekly.com
Twitter @sfweekly
Facebook SFWeekly
Wikipedia SF Weekly
What a Center Bias Rating Means

The source either does not show much media bias, displays a balance of articles with left and right biases, or equally balances left and right perspectives in its reporting.

Center doesn't mean better! A Center media bias rating does not necessarily mean a source is totally unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible, just as Left and Right don't necessarily mean extreme, wrong, unreasonable, or not credible. AllSides encourages people to read outlets across the political spectrum.

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Contents
  1. About SF Weekly's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Center" Rating Means
  3. Details
  4. Community Feedback
  5. Confidence Level
  6. Ownership & Funding
  7. Articles from SF Weekly

About SF Weekly's Bias Rating

SF Weekly is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Center.

What a "Center" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Center either do not show much predictable media bias, display a balance of articles with left and right biases, or equally balance left and right perspectives.

Center doesn't mean better! A Center media bias rating does not necessarily mean a source is totally unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible, just as Left and Right don't necessarily mean extreme, wrong, unreasonable, or not credible. AllSides encourages people to read outlets across the political spectrum.

Learn more about Center ratings

Details

SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Wednesday, is published by the San Francisco Newspaper Company. Founded locally in the mid-1980s and bought by Village Voice Media (then New Times Media) in 1995, SF Weekly has garnered notable national journalism awards. The paper sponsors the annual SF Weekly Music Awards, also known as the "Wammies". In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group.Four months later, SF Weekly was sold to The San Francisco Newspaper Company, owners of The San Francisco Examiner and long-time rivals San Francisco Bay Guardian, giving the publishers control of three of the four major English-language newspapers in San Francisco. No plans have been announced to merge the three publications. Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sf_weekly

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Community Feedback

Feedback does not determine ratings, but may trigger deeper review.

As of April 2024, people have voted on the AllSides Media Bias Rating for SF Weekly. On average, those who disagree with our rating think this source has a Left bias.

Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of April 2024, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Center rating for SF Weekly. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.

SF Weekly Ownership and Funding

Funding and ownership do not influence bias ratings. We rate the bias of content only.

Owner: San Francisco Media Co.

Articles from SF Weekly

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