Is Rolling Stone a reliable source?
This is how independent third parties assess the credibility and media bias of this source.
OVERALL RATING:17 +, 29 -
Rolling Stone scores a total of 17 Plus Points and 29 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
This corresponds to a score of 39* resp. the grade D+ (sufficient).
*: (17 + 5 BP) * 100 / (17 + 5 BP + 29 + 5 BP)
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 |
Grade composition
The overall rating is made up of the following individual ratings from independent third parties:
Ad Fontes Media2 +, 18 -
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 low"
Reliability (Weighted Average)
- "Left"
Bias (Weighted Average)
Media Bias/Fact Check14 +, 6 -
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.
- "Left"
Bias Rating
- "High"
Factual Reporting
Fact Checkers5 -
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.
- "FACT CHECK: Did A Florida School Ban Amanda Gorman's Poem?"
- "Fact Check: Oklahoma Doctor's Comments About Ivermectin Overdoses, Gunshot Victims and Hospital Backups Were NOT Reported As Stated"
- "One Hospital Denies Claim that Ivermectin Overdoses Causing ER Delays"
- "The FBI raided a notable journalist's home. Rolling Stone didn't tell readers why"
- "Fact check: No evidence Oklahoma hospitals are backed up due to ivermectin overdoses"
Journalism Awards1 +
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.
Wikipedia
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.
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.
Studies
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- We have not identified any evaluations by academic studies to date.
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