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Is Christian Science Monitor Biased? Where It Stands, How Reliable It Is and Who Funds It

By Aplomb Editorial Team · Updated · 4 min read

Short answer

The Christian Science Monitor is rated close to the center by all three raters: Center by AllSides (-0.30), Least Biased with High factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check, and Middle and Reliable by Ad Fontes Media. It is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, but its news coverage is secular, and its journalists have won seven Pulitzer Prizes.

Political leanCenter
LeftCenterRight
ReliabilityHigh
Mostly factualVery high

Teal dot: average of 3 raters. Ticks: each rater. How we combine them

  • AllSidesCenter
  • Ad Fontes MediaMiddle
  • MBFCLeast Biased, High factual
The Christian Science MonitorNewspaper · United States
Lean
Center (AllSides)
Reliability
High factual reporting (MBFC)
Founded
1908
Headquarters
Boston
Owner
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Funding
The Christian Science Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and run as a nonprofit.
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Is Christian Science Monitor Left or Right?

AllSides gives the Monitor a Bias Meter score of -0.30, Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Least Biased (-0.7) and Ad Fontes Media scores it -2.52, inside its Middle band. Averaged, it sits near the middle of our center zone, close to Reuters.

Despite its name, the Monitor is not a religious news outlet: it publishes one clearly labeled religious article a day, and the rest of its coverage is secular. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, launched it in 1908 as an answer to the sensational press of the time, with the mission "to injure no man, but to bless all mankind".

See where Christian Science Monitor sits next to other outlets on our media bias chart.

How Reliable Is Christian Science Monitor?

Media Bias/Fact Check rates the Monitor's factual reporting High, and Ad Fontes Media rates it Reliable for analysis and fact reporting (44.23). Its reporters have won seven Pulitzer Prizes, most recently in 2002.

Christian Science Monitor Bias: What the Ratings Show

AllSides rates Christian Science Monitor Center; Ad Fontes Media scores its bias at -2.52 (Middle) and its reliability at 44.23 (Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting); and Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Least Biased with High factual reporting.

Compare Christian Science Monitor with every other outlet on the media bias chart.

Christian Science Monitor Bias Rating From Independent Raters

Christian Science Monitor: each rater, and our average
AllSidesCenter, -0.30 on a -6 to +6 scale
Ad Fontes MediaMiddle, -2.52 on a -42 to +42 scale
Media Bias/Fact CheckLeast Biased, -0.7 on a -10 to +10 scale
Aplomb averageCenter, -0.36
LeftCenterRight

All bars use one shared scale: the shaded band is each rater's own center zone, lined up. How we combine the raters

Ratings as published by each rater, checked October 16, 2026. Ad Fontes Media scores bias from -42 (left) to +42 (right) and reliability from 0 to 64.
RaterBias ratingFactual / reliability
AllSidesCenterNot rated (lean only)
Ad Fontes MediaMiddle (-2.52)44.23: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting
Media Bias/Fact CheckLeast Biased (-0.7)High, High Credibility

Who Funds Christian Science Monitor?

The Christian Science Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and run as a nonprofit. It is funded by subscriptions and by support from the church; its news coverage is secular.

Source: The Christian Science Monitor on its funding and ownership

Why Christian Science Monitor Is in Aplomb

The Monitor takes a calmer, more explanatory approach to world news, which balances faster-moving outlets in your feed. Its videos are part of Latest, and it satisfies all six of our source criteria. What to watch for: it publishes fewer short videos than larger newsrooms. The Monitor publishes a short video only every few days, so it appears in the feed only occasionally.

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Christian Science Monitor FAQ

Is the Christian Science Monitor religious?

It is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, but its news coverage is secular. It publishes one labeled religious article a day.

Is the Christian Science Monitor biased?

Raters place it in the center: Center (AllSides), Least Biased (Media Bias/Fact Check) and Middle (Ad Fontes Media).

Who owns the Christian Science Monitor?

The First Church of Christ, Scientist. The Monitor is run as a nonprofit and funded by subscriptions and by support from the church.

Is the Christian Science Monitor reliable?

Yes. Ad Fontes Media scores it 44.23 (Reliable) and Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting High. Its journalists have won seven Pulitzer Prizes.

Aplomb Editorial Team
Aplomb Editorial Team

Aplomb's editorial team selects and reviews the newsrooms in the app, checks every bias rating against the rater's own published page, and writes our source profiles and app comparisons. We follow our published editorial policy and log every correction in public. More about our editorial team

Sources: The Christian Science Monitor funding and ownership, U.S. House honors the Monitor's centennial (2008). Ratings: AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, linked in the rating table.

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