Is Hindustan Times a reliable source?
This is how independent third parties assess the credibility and media bias of this source.
OVERALL RATING:28 +, 23 -
Hindustan Times scores a total of 28 Plus Points and 23 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
This corresponds to a score of 54* resp. the grade C (satisfactory).
*: (28 + 5 BP) * 100 / (28 + 5 BP + 23 + 5 BP)
This corresponds to a score of 54* resp. the grade C (satisfactory).
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 Media14 +, 6 -
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.
- "Medium"
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- "Low Bias"
Bias (Weighted Average)
Media Bias/Fact Check11 +, 9 -
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.
- "Center-Left"
Bias Rating
- "Mixed"
Factual Reporting
Fact Checkers8 -
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.
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- "NDTV, Hindustan Times share 4-yr-old video as footage from Sept 11 Papua New Guinea earthquake"
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Wikipedia3 +
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Journalism Awards
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- We have not identified any awards for editorial or journalistic quality.
Press Council Rulings
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- We are not aware of any press council rulings against this source to date.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: politico.eu
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