A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Lack Of Transparency
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: Canada
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 2017, InfoScum is a news aggregation website portal to sell products. InfoScum does not have an about page, nor any information about ownership, or really anything that points toward a living human being. According to Whois, the domain is registered to someone in Toronto, Canada.
Read our profile on the Canadian government’s influence on media.
Funded by / Ownership
The website does not offer any ownership information, and they are funded through advertising. They have an entire page dedicated to “Deals.”
Analysis / Bias
In review, InfoScum is a news aggregator that breaks the news into the categories of all news, science, video, and podcasts. All links lead to the source websites when clicked. The all-news section comprises mostly left-leaning sources such as HuffPo, Yahoo News, and Axios. Science news points to Pro-Science sources such as Phys.org, Science Daily, and Scientific American. The podcast section links mostly left-leaning podcasts such as Adam Carrolla.
The main purpose of this website is to encourage clicks on ads.
Failed Fact Checks
- None as they do not produce original content.
Overall, we rate InfoScum Left-Center Biased based on the left-leaning sources they aggregate and Mixed for factual reporting, but Questionable overall as there is zero transparency. I want to re-emphasize that the news they link to is usually credible, but the site is not. (D. Van Zandt 1/15/2019) Updated (01/13/2023)
Source: http://www.infoscum.com/
Last Updated on January 13, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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