Outlet Directory

See how the community rates every news source for political lean and reporting quality.

The refraktd community has rated 73 news outlets across 1,195 articles, casting 42,161 votes on political lean and reporting quality. Each outlet score reflects real reader ratings, not editorial opinion.

Outlet	Articles	Lean Profile	Quality	Votes
THE NEW YORK TIMESnytimes.com	114	Left 50% Center 32% Right 18%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 27% Ragebait 12%	4839
FOX NEWSfoxnews.com	121	Left 16% Center 23% Right 61%	Trustworthy 44% Misleading 38% Ragebait 18%	4671
CNNcnn.com	112	Left 57% Center 26% Right 16%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 28% Ragebait 14%	4327
THE HILLthehill.com	105	Left 31% Center 40% Right 29%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 27% Ragebait 15%	4279
BBCbbc.com	98	Left 36% Center 40% Right 24%	Trustworthy 66% Misleading 23% Ragebait 10%	3995
CBS NEWScbsnews.com	78	Left 42% Center 38% Right 20%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 29% Ragebait 14%	2529
NPRnpr.org	72	Left 46% Center 37% Right 17%	Trustworthy 65% Misleading 21% Ragebait 14%	2269
BREITBARTbreitbart.com	24	Left 15% Right 72% Center 13%	Trustworthy 31% Misleading 37% Ragebait 32%	1023
AP NEWSapnews.com	42	Left 46% Center 29% Right 26%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 23% Ragebait 15%	992
NBC NEWSnbcnews.com	21	Left 47% Center 33% Right 20%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 26% Ragebait 17%	923
THE DAILY BEASTthedailybeast.com	27	Left 62% Center 21% Right 18%	Trustworthy 39% Misleading 30% Ragebait 30%	832
HUFFPOSThuffpost.com	25	Left 66% Center 21% Right 14%	Trustworthy 41% Misleading 36% Ragebait 23%	796
ARS TECHNICAarstechnica.com	14	Left 41% Center 44% Right 15%	Trustworthy 60% Misleading 26% Ragebait 13%	718
NEWSWEEKnewsweek.com	19	Left 46% Center 29% Right 25%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 25% Ragebait 16%	602
MOTHER JONESNEWmotherjones.com	24	Left 67% Center 19% Right 14%	Trustworthy 43% Misleading 35% Ragebait 22%	573
THE WASHINGTON POSTwashingtonpost.com	19	Left 52% Center 33% Right 15%	Trustworthy 56% Misleading 29% Ragebait 15%	571
SALONNEWsalon.com	18	Left 45% Center 25% Right 31%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 26% Ragebait 10%	570
REUTERSreuters.com	27	Left 25% Center 45% Right 29%	Trustworthy 68% Misleading 18% Ragebait 14%	564
BLOOMBERGbloomberg.com	23	Left 33% Center 37% Right 30%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 24% Ragebait 19%	490
THE INTERCEPTNEWtheintercept.com	11	Left 64% Center 21% Right 15%	Trustworthy 45% Misleading 31% Ragebait 24%	480
ABCNEWSNEWabcnews.com	7	Left 50% Center 27% Right 23%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 24% Ragebait 12%	406
CNBCcnbc.com	9	Left 38% Center 30% Right 33%	Trustworthy 66% Misleading 22% Ragebait 12%	405
POLITICOpolitico.com	21	Left 44% Center 37% Right 20%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 27% Ragebait 11%	402
THE GUARDIANtheguardian.com	22	Left 52% Center 30% Right 18%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 26% Ragebait 16%	371
FOXBUSINESSNEWfoxbusiness.com	5	Left 42% Center 27% Right 31%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 25% Ragebait 18%	347
NATIONAL REVIEWNEWnationalreview.com	16	Center 26% Right 60% Left 14%	Trustworthy 48% Misleading 29% Ragebait 23%	346
PBSNEWpbs.org	4	Left 42% Center 46% Right 12%	Trustworthy 70% Misleading 19% Ragebait 11%	310
MS NOWms.now	12	Left 39% Center 30% Right 31%	Trustworthy 66% Misleading 26% Ragebait 8%	295
TIMENEWtime.com	4	Left 44% Center 31% Right 26%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 21% Ragebait 16%	268
SLATENEWslate.com	4	Left 56% Center 30% Right 14%	Trustworthy 46% Misleading 33% Ragebait 21%	245
WASHINGTONEXAMINERNEWwashingtonexaminer.com	10	Left 47% Center 31% Right 22%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 25% Ragebait 13%	244
NEWREPUBLICnewrepublic.com	5	Left 36% Center 29% Right 36%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 35% Ragebait 15%	208
THE ATLANTICtheatlantic.com	11	Left 54% Center 32% Right 14%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 27% Ragebait 11%	187
AXIOSaxios.com	3	Left 34% Center 46% Right 20%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 20% Ragebait 23%	142
AL JAZEERAaljazeera.com	5	Left 25% Center 53% Right 22%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 25% Ragebait 17%	139
EDITION CNNNEWedition.cnn.com	2	Left 33% Center 34% Right 33%	Trustworthy 52% Misleading 25% Ragebait 22%	124
THE WALL STREET JOURNALNEWwsj.com	7	Left 28% Center 39% Right 33%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 23% Ragebait 16%	122
DAILYCALLERNEWdailycaller.com	2	Left 49% Center 29% Right 22%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 18% Ragebait 18%	120
BBCbbc.co.uk	3	Left 34% Center 34% Right 32%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 34% Ragebait 8%	106
THE INDEPENDENTindependent.co.uk	2	Left 46% Center 18% Right 36%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 31% Ragebait 10%	101
MIAMIHERALDmiamiherald.com	1	Left 33% Center 35% Right 33%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 21% Ragebait 17%	93
VARIETYNEWvariety.com	1	Left 28% Center 63% Right 10%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 27% Ragebait 20%	81
THEFEDERALISTNEWthefederalist.com	2	Left 37% Center 39% Right 24%	Trustworthy 56% Misleading 28% Ragebait 15%	77
ESPNespn.com	3	Left 49% Center 29% Right 23%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 31% Ragebait 14%	70
FOREIGN POLICYNEWforeignpolicy.com	1	Left 41% Center 44% Right 15%	Trustworthy 71% Misleading 21% Ragebait 9%	68
BUSINESS INSIDERbusinessinsider.com	2	Left 30% Center 42% Right 27%	Trustworthy 53% Misleading 29% Ragebait 18%	67
JPOSTjpost.com	1	Left 47% Center 22% Right 31%	Trustworthy 67% Misleading 27% Ragebait 6%	65
USA TODAYusatoday.com	4	Left 32% Center 52% Right 16%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 21% Ragebait 18%	64
WIREDNEWwired.com	1	Left 50% Center 40% Right 10%	Trustworthy 63% Misleading 25% Ragebait 13%	62
BETNEWbet.com	1	Left 33% Center 33% Right 33%	Trustworthy 63% Misleading 17% Ragebait 20%	60
HATCHMAGhatchmag.com	1	Left 31% Center 41% Right 28%	Trustworthy 67% Ragebait 20% Misleading 13%	59
AOLNEWaol.com	1	Left 38% Center 31% Right 31%	Trustworthy 52% Misleading 22% Ragebait 26%	53
ROLLING STONErollingstone.com	1	Left 29% Center 46% Right 25%	Trustworthy 44% Misleading 37% Ragebait 19%	51
SCMPNEWscmp.com	1	Left 48% Center 16% Right 36%	Trustworthy 68% Misleading 16% Ragebait 16%	50
PEOPLEpeople.com	2	Left 29% Center 33% Right 38%	Trustworthy 52% Misleading 32% Ragebait 16%	49
ABC NEWSNEWabcnews.go.com	1	Left 38% Center 42% Right 21%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 25% Ragebait 21%	48
THE NEW YORKERNEWnewyorker.com	3	Left 50% Center 18% Right 32%	Trustworthy 68% Misleading 23% Ragebait 9%	44
THE VERGEtheverge.com	1	Left 47% Center 37% Right 16%	Trustworthy 86% Misleading 5%Ragebait 10%	40
COMMONDREAMSNEWcommondreams.org	1	Left 47% Center 35% Right 18%	Trustworthy 67% Misleading 22% Ragebait 11%	35
VOXNEWvox.com	2	Left 62% Right 38%	Trustworthy 46% Misleading 38% Ragebait 15%	26
THE-INDEPENDENTNEWthe-independent.com	1	Left 83% Center 17%	Trustworthy 33% Misleading 50% Ragebait 17%	12
FINANCE YAHOOfinance.yahoo.com	2	Left 25% Center 75%	Trustworthy 100%	8
NYDAILYNEWSnydailynews.com	1	Right 100%	Trustworthy 75% Misleading 25%	8
AJCajc.com	1	Left 25% Center 75%	Trustworthy 100%	8
NEW YORK POSTnypost.com	2	Right 100%	Trustworthy 33% Misleading 67%	6
TMZtmz.com	1	Center 100%	Trustworthy 67% Misleading 33%	6
MEDIAMATTERSmediamatters.org	1	Center 67% Right 33%	Trustworthy 100%	6
MSNmsn.com	2	Left 100%	Trustworthy 100%	4
SHOWBIZ411showbiz411.com	1	Center 100%	Trustworthy 100%	2
THE-SUNthe-sun.com	1	Right 100%	Misleading 100%	2
BUZZFEEDbuzzfeed.com	1	Center 100%	Misleading 100%	2
LOS ANGELES TIMESlatimes.com	1	Left 100%	Trustworthy 100%	2
DAILY MAILdailymail.co.uk	1	Right 100%	Misleading 100%	2