Is Manchester Evening News a reliable source?

This is how independent third parties assess the credibility and media bias of this source.
OVERALL RATING:4 +, 9 -
    Manchester Evening News scores a total of 4 Plus Points and 9 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
    This corresponds to a score of 39* resp. the grade D+ (sufficient).

    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
    *: (4 + 5 BP) * 100 / (4 + 5 BP + 9 + 5 BP)
Grade composition
The overall rating is made up of the following individual ratings from independent third parties:
Press Council Rulings8 -
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.
Wikipedia3 +, 1 -
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.
Journalism Awards1 +
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Media Bias/Fact Check
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.
  • MBFC-rating was not found.
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.
Studies
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.
  • We have not identified any evaluations by academic studies to date.
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