Is Financial Times a reliable source?
This is how independent third parties assess the credibility and media bias of this source.
OVERALL RATING:64 +, 7 -
Financial Times scores a total of 64 Plus Points and 7 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
This corresponds to a score of 85* resp. the grade A (very good).
*: (64 + 5 BP) * 100 / (64 + 5 BP + 7 + 5 BP)
This corresponds to a score of 85* resp. the grade A (very good).
| Grade | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| very good | A+ | > 89 |
| A | 89 - 84 | |
| A− | 83 - 79 | |
| good | B+ | 78 - 74 |
| B | 73 - 67 | |
| B− | 66 - 62 | |
| satisfactory | C+ | 61 - 56 |
| C | 55 - 49 | |
| C− | 48 - 44 | |
| sufficient | D+ | 43 - 39 |
| D | 38 - 32 | |
| poor | D− | 31 - 26 |
| insufficient | F | < 26 |
Grade composition
The overall rating is made up of the following individual ratings from independent third parties:
Ad Fontes Media17 +, 3 -
Ad Fontes Media, Inc. is a media watchdog organization based in Colorado that is best known for its Media Bias Chart, which ranks media sources based on political bias and reliability. We combine their ratings of individual articles and episodes to create a weighted average, with low-rated items increasingly weighted higher.
- "High"
Reliability (Weighted Average)
- "Low Bias"
Bias (Weighted Average)
Media Bias/Fact Check19 +, 1 -
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) is an American fact-checking website founded in 2015. It uses a 0-10 scale to rate sites on two areas: bias and factual accuracy. A source rated by MBFC with minimal bias gets 10 plus points. Maximum bias gets 10 minus points. The same principle applies to factual accuracy.
- "Least Biased"
Bias Rating
- "High"
Factual Reporting
Journalism Awards17 +
Journalism prizes are awards for excellent journalistic work in the period covered by the call for entries, which is usually one or two years. Sources receive one plus point for each journalistic award won that we track. We currently track up to three prestigious awards per country.
- "The Marie Colvin Prize: Erika Solomon (The Financial Times): Her brave, humane reporting from Syria combined original insights, subtle observation and compassion in the tradition of Marie Colvin."
- "News Provider of the Year: Financial Times: For consistently high-quality journalism across platforms, major exclusives, innovation and profitable investment in quality."
- "Political Journalism: Jim Pickard, Janine Gibson, Robert Shrimsley, Jonathan Ford, Chris Giles, Delphine Strauss, Sebastian Payne (Financial Times): For a detailed, rigorous examination of the economic consequences of a Jeremy Corbyn premiership."
- "Technology journalism: Mehul Srivastava (Financial Times): For an internationally consequential spyware investigation conducted at personal risk that prompted technology companies to improve security."
- "Business, Finance and Economics Journalism: Gill Plimmer, Robert Smith (Financial Times): Their coverage of infrastructure and debt markets brought the Thames Water crisis to front pages nationwide."
- "Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Camelot: Dan McCrum (Financial Times): McCrum’s Wirecard investigation showed courage and persistence despite intimidation, surveillance, threats and disinformation, helping bring down a major German business."
- "News Provider of the Year: Financial Times: The FT used data, visualisations and exceptional reporting to explain the pandemic and investigate Wirecard, earning the prize for a third time."
- "Investigation of the Year: Greensill Capital (Financial Times): The team investigation exposed corruption at the highest levels of politics and business."
- "Politics Journalism: Jim Pickard, Cynthia O’Murchu, Robert Smith, Arash Massoudi (Financial Times): Their collaborative investigation into David Cameron and Greensill exposed corruption and influence in British politics."
- "Marie Colvin Award: Antonia Cundy (Financial Times): Determined, humane reporting from Ukraine combined strong writing, original stories and extraordinary persistence in confronting corruption and war."
- "Specialist Journalism: John Burn-Murdoch (Financial Times): Exceptional data journalism provided fresh insights and news lines through clear, powerful narratives."
- "Arts and Entertainment Journalism: Neil Munshi (Financial Times): An original, compelling story offered unusual insight with significant foreign-policy implications."
- "New Journalist of the Year: Antonia Cundy (Financial Times): Cundy’s fearless investigations exposed hidden truths and challenged wealthy and powerful figures through powerful reporting."
- "Online Video Journalism: Joe Sinclair, Chris Miller (Financial Times): Their forensic investigation into executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war was compellingly presented for online video."
- "News Provider of the Year 2018: Financial Times: The FT excelled across subjects, repeatedly setting the news agenda through impactful investigations and high-quality journalism with global reach."
- "Politics Journalism: Laura Hughes (Financial Times): Her detailed investigation into sexual harassment at Westminster, published before the #MeToo movement, prompted an official report on bullying."
- "Arts and Entertainment: Matthew Garrahan (Financial Times): He advanced coverage of the Harvey Weinstein scandal by revealing law firms’ involvement in its concealment and persuading a victim to break an NDA."
British Journalism Awards
Studies7 +, 3 -
Most scientific publications, though not all, rely on some form of peer review or editorial review to qualify texts for publication. Sources mentioned in studies which rate media quality and/or reliability receive between 10 plus and 10 minus points.
- "Financial Times 7/10 Points (Average from Accuracy: 8/10 Points + 7 more quality-related ratings)"
European Media Systems Survey 2013
Wikipedia4 +
Wikipedia’s reliability was frequently criticized in the 2000s. However, various studies and media reports have noted improvements over time, and in the late 2010s and early 2020s, it was more often praised.
In the scoring model, any positive mention of a source’s credibility or quality in a Wikipedia extract receives a plus point—while negative mentions are treated as minus points.
- "The Financial Times is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs."
"and it is considered a newspaper of record."
English-speaking
- "Die Financial Times ist eine britische Tageszeitung,"
German-speaking
Fact Checkers
We primarily use fact-checkers affiliated with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). We have linked to the International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers' code of principles in the headline. For each failed fact-checker there is one minus point.
- We have not identified any failed fact checks to date.
Press Council Rulings
Press councils are national institutions of media self-regulation. Press councils have their own defined press code. Reprimands are issued in the event of a violation of the press code (e.g. for truthfulness, diligence, sensationalism, separation of advertising and editorial, personal rights). For each reprimand issued by a national press council, a source receives one minus point.
- We are not aware of any press council rulings against this source to date.
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