Grade composition
The overall rating is made up of the following individual ratings from independent third parties:
Ad Fontes Media18 +, 2 -
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.
- "Very high"
Reliability (Weighted Average)
- "Low Bias"
Bias (Weighted Average)
Media Bias/Fact Check20 +
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
- "Very High"
Factual Reporting
Journalism Awards16 +
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.
- "For a boldly reported exposé of lax regulation in the U.S. and abroad that makes fentanyl, one of the world’s deadliest drugs, inexpensive and widely available to users in the United States."
- "For images of COVID’s toll in India that balanced intimacy and devastation, while offering viewers a heightened sense of place. (Moved from Breaking News Photography by the jury.)"
- "For an exhaustive examination, powered by a pioneering data analysis of U.S. federal court cases, of the obscure legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” and how it shields police who use excessive force from prosecution."
- "For relentless reporting that exposed the brutal killing campaign behind Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs."
- "For their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks."
- "For gripping photographs, each with its own voice, that follow migrant refugees hundreds of miles across uncertain boundaries to unknown destinations."
- "For shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar. (Moved by the Board from the Breaking News Photography category, where it was entered.)"
- "For a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America."
- "For wide-ranging and illuminating photographs of Hong Kong as citizens protested infringement of their civil liberties and defended the region’s autonomy by the Chinese government."
- "For raw and urgent photographs documenting the October 7th deadly attack in Israel by Hamas and the first weeks of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza."
- "For an eye-opening series of accountability stories focused on Elon Musk’s automobile and aerospace businesses, stories that displayed remarkable breadth and depth and provoked official probes of his companies’ practices in Europe and the United States."
- "For expertly exposing the military units and Buddhist villagers responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison."
Pulitzer Prize
- "Science Journalism: Stephen Grey, Andrew MacAskill, Ryan McNeill, Steve Stecklow, Tommy Wilkes (Reuters): For thorough, early, and impactful reporting on public health policy during the pandemic, challenging government claims."
- "Politics Journalism: Hannah McKay (Reuters): For capturing an iconic, historic image reflecting British life in 2021."
- "Foreign Affairs Journalism: Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo (Reuters): For exposing a massacre in Myanmar despite government obstruction and at great personal risk while imprisoned."
- "Business, Finance and Economics Journalism (Highly commended): Charles Levinson (Reuters): Charles Levinson made complex banking topics engaging and potentially predicted a future financial crisis."
British Journalism Awards
Wikipedia4 +, 3 -
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.
- "Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world"-> Independent evidence: General statement about size, supported by third-party references. (+1)Context: Reuters employs thousands globally and is considered one of the biggest international news agencies.
"Reuters staff won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting"-> Independent evidence: Pulitzer Prizes are a highly credible, third-party indicator of journalistic excellence. (+1)Context: In 2024, Reuters staff won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their work on Elon Musk and misconduct at his businesses.
"used two doctored photos by a Lebanese freelance photographer"-> Independent evidence: Incident reported by third parties (Ynetnews); Reuters acknowledged error and acted. (-1)Context: Reuters was accused of bias against Israel after using two doctored photos during the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict.
"incorrectly used the image of an Indian herbal medicine entrepreneur"-> Independent evidence: Reuters admitted reporting error; incident was reported by Indian local media. (-1)Context: On 9 June 2020, three Reuters journalists incorrectly used the image of the wrong person in a cybercrime story.
"publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry"-> Independent evidence: Based on investigations by The Intercept, The Nation, DeSmog; signals potential conflict of interest. (-1)Context: Reuters is named in investigations as a leading outlet publishing fossil fuel industry advertising, raising credibility concerns in climate coverage.- "eine internationale Nachrichtenagentur mit Sitz in London"-> Independent evidence: Basic factual description, verifiable externally. (+1)Context: Reuters ist eine internationale Nachrichtenagentur mit Sitz in London und eine der weltweit größten ihrer Art.
"eine der weltweit größten ihrer Art"-> Independent evidence: Statement of global scale, verifiable by third-party data. (+1)Context: Reuters is described as one of the largest news agencies in the world, highlighting scale and influence.Fact Checkers1 -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.Press Council RulingsPress 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.
StudiesMost 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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