Volante

About Volante's Bias Rating

Volante 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.

Details

The Volante is the University of South Dakota’s student-run newspaper. The Volante covers topics relevant and interesting to USD students. Faculty, staff and community members are welcome readers, but the newspaper is written and presented for a diverse community of students from the students’ point of view. The paper should provide a variety of information, entertainment and educational opportunities for the readers. The Volante encourages everyone to write letters to the editor. From wiki: The Volante has served as the campus newspaper since 1887. It is published every Wednesday morning during the school year. Managed entirely by students, The Volante prides itself as being editorially independent.

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

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