---
title: "Media Bias Fact Check – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "9,000 users, rated 4.62 by 82 people. Version 4.2.0, updated 2026-03-12. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh"
---

# Media Bias Fact Check

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 9,000
- Rating: 4.62 from 82 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:29 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #7,867 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Social Networking: #340 of 7,022

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

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

- Extension ID: `ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh`
- Developer: [Mike Crowe](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5ea0d3aa59aa966a8876da62c7da6f67)
- Category: [Lifestyle › Social Networking](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/social)
- First published: 2016-08-25
- Last updated: 2026-03-12
- Version: `4.2.0`
- Size: 227 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://www.reddit.com/r/MediaBiasFactCheck/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/media-bias-fact-check/ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 9,000 | 4.62 | 82 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `*://*.facebook.com/*`: facebook.com and its subdomains
- `*://facebook.com/*`: facebook.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://facebook.com/*`: facebook.com
- `https://www.facebook.com/*`: www.facebook.com

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 01:29 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Media Bias Fact Check” (ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh,
  title   = {Media Bias Fact Check (ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ganicjnkcddicfioohdaegodjodcbkkh},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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