Outlet Directory

See how refraktd's AI rates every news source for political lean and reporting quality.

refraktd's AI viewpoint panel has rated 91 news outlets across 7,241 articles, casting 160,176 votes on political lean and reporting quality. Each outlet score comes from AI personas spanning the political spectrum. These are AI-generated ratings, not a poll of people.

Outlet	Articles	Lean Profile	Quality	Votes
FOX NEWSfoxnews.com	507	Left 18% Center 23% Right 59%	Trustworthy 46% Misleading 34% Ragebait 20%	12277
THE NEW YORK TIMESnytimes.com	412	Left 48% Center 33% Right 18%	Trustworthy 60% Misleading 26% Ragebait 14%	10684
CNNcnn.com	421	Left 57% Center 26% Right 17%	Trustworthy 55% Misleading 29% Ragebait 16%	10232
CBS NEWScbsnews.com	417	Left 44% Center 37% Right 20%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 26% Ragebait 16%	9402
NPRnpr.org	397	Left 45% Center 37% Right 17%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 22% Ragebait 14%	8709
THE HILLthehill.com	328	Left 31% Center 40% Right 29%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 26% Ragebait 17%	8626
BREITBARTbreitbart.com	318	Center 15% Right 71% Left 14%	Trustworthy 34% Misleading 34% Ragebait 32%	6758
THE GUARDIANtheguardian.com	312	Left 57% Center 27% Right 16%	Trustworthy 55% Misleading 27% Ragebait 18%	6026
SALONsalon.com	283	Left 53% Center 24% Right 22%	Trustworthy 60% Misleading 25% Ragebait 14%	5874
MOTHER JONESmotherjones.com	290	Left 69% Center 17% Right 14%	Trustworthy 45% Misleading 32% Ragebait 23%	5818
NATIONAL REVIEWnationalreview.com	287	Left 16% Center 26% Right 58%	Trustworthy 52% Misleading 28% Ragebait 20%	5562
BBCbbc.com	124	Left 36% Center 40% Right 24%	Trustworthy 66% Misleading 23% Ragebait 11%	4537
THE WALL STREET JOURNALwsj.com	210	Left 22% Center 40% Right 37%	Trustworthy 62% Misleading 22% Ragebait 16%	4136
WASHINGTONEXAMINERwashingtonexaminer.com	200	Left 34% Center 29% Right 37%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 26% Ragebait 15%	3932
BBCbbc.co.uk	192	Left 35% Center 40% Right 25%	Trustworthy 65% Misleading 21% Ragebait 14%	3930
POLITICOpolitico.com	205	Left 45% Center 35% Right 20%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 26% Ragebait 15%	3910
REUTERSreuters.com	180	Left 28% Center 49% Right 23%	Trustworthy 67% Misleading 20% Ragebait 13%	3563
THE DAILY BEASTthedailybeast.com	152	Left 63% Center 20% Right 16%	Trustworthy 39% Misleading 31% Ragebait 30%	3303
THE WASHINGTON POSTwashingtonpost.com	163	Left 49% Center 35% Right 16%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 26% Ragebait 15%	3272
AP NEWSapnews.com	144	Left 45% Center 30% Right 25%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 26% Ragebait 15%	3167
NEW YORK POSTnypost.com	164	Left 16% Center 27% Right 57%	Trustworthy 44% Misleading 32% Ragebait 25%	3018
NEWSWEEKnewsweek.com	147	Left 42% Center 32% Right 27%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 24% Ragebait 17%	2996
THE NEW YORKERnewyorker.com	156	Left 47% Center 28% Right 24%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 24% Ragebait 16%	2954
HUFFPOSThuffpost.com	131	Left 63% Center 23% Right 14%	Trustworthy 43% Misleading 33% Ragebait 24%	2896
BLOOMBERGbloomberg.com	138	Left 36% Center 36% Right 27%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 22% Ragebait 15%	2750
THE INTERCEPTtheintercept.com	121	Left 64% Center 23% Right 13%	Trustworthy 47% Misleading 30% Ragebait 23%	2596
DAILYCALLERdailycaller.com	129	Left 32% Center 25% Right 43%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 27% Ragebait 13%	2556
ARS TECHNICAarstechnica.com	86	Left 41% Center 42% Right 17%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 25% Ragebait 16%	2376
VOXvox.com	118	Left 60% Center 27% Right 13%	Trustworthy 52% Misleading 29% Ragebait 19%	2204
NBC NEWSnbcnews.com	92	Left 49% Center 33% Right 19%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 24% Ragebait 17%	2145
THE ATLANTICtheatlantic.com	97	Left 50% Center 32% Right 18%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 28% Ragebait 15%	2042
SLATEslate.com	42	Left 56% Center 25% Right 19%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 31% Ragebait 19%	886
REASONreason.com	33	Left 41% Center 30% Right 29%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 28% Ragebait 13%	654
THE NEW REPUBLICnewrepublic.com	31	Left 54% Center 23% Right 23%	Trustworthy 47% Misleading 34% Ragebait 19%	645
ABCNEWSabcnews.com	14	Left 49% Center 28% Right 23%	Trustworthy 63% Misleading 24% Ragebait 13%	514
MS NOWms.now	25	Left 38% Center 31% Right 32%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 27% Ragebait 12%	503
THE BLAZEtheblaze.com	28	Left 16% Center 17% Right 66%	Trustworthy 41% Misleading 33% Ragebait 27%	488
CNBCcnbc.com	11	Left 38% Center 30% Right 32%	Trustworthy 64% Misleading 23% Ragebait 13%	433
TOWNHALLtownhall.com	22	Left 19% Center 25% Right 56%	Trustworthy 43% Misleading 32% Ragebait 25%	414
THEFEDERALISTthefederalist.com	19	Left 30% Center 24% Right 46%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 25% Ragebait 14%	346
FOXBUSINESSfoxbusiness.com	5	Left 42% Center 27% Right 31%	Trustworthy 57% Misleading 25% Ragebait 18%	346
PBSpbs.org	4	Left 42% Center 46% Right 12%	Trustworthy 70% Misleading 19% Ragebait 11%	310
TIMEtime.com	4	Left 44% Center 31% Right 26%	Trustworthy 63% Misleading 21% Ragebait 16%	266
AXIOSaxios.com	7	Left 36% Center 44% Right 21%	Trustworthy 55% Misleading 24% Ragebait 21%	202
THE INDEPENDENTindependent.co.uk	5	Left 47% Center 21% Right 32%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 32% Ragebait 14%	174
AL JAZEERAaljazeera.com	6	Left 27% Center 49% Right 24%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 26% Ragebait 20%	158
EDITION CNNedition.cnn.com	2	Left 33% Center 34% Right 33%	Trustworthy 51% Misleading 26% Ragebait 23%	122
MIAMIHERALDmiamiherald.com	1	Left 33% Center 35% Right 33%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 22% Ragebait 17%	92
VARIETYvariety.com	1	Left 28% Center 63% Right 10%	Trustworthy 53% Misleading 28% Ragebait 20%	80
FOREIGN POLICYforeignpolicy.com	1	Left 41% Center 44% Right 15%	Trustworthy 71% Misleading 21% Ragebait 9%	68
BUSINESS INSIDERbusinessinsider.com	2	Left 28% Center 44% Right 28%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 31% Ragebait 19%	64
THE VERGEtheverge.com	2	Left 58% Center 32% Right 10%	Trustworthy 79% Ragebait 15% Misleading 6%	64
JPOSTjpost.com	1	Left 47% Center 22% Right 31%	Trustworthy 66% Misleading 28% Ragebait 6%	64
CALMATTERSNEWcalmatters.org	4	Left 52% Center 19% Right 29%	Trustworthy 55% Misleading 29% Ragebait 16%	62
ESPNespn.com	3	Left 52% Center 23% Right 26%	Trustworthy 48% Misleading 35% Ragebait 16%	62
USA TODAYusatoday.com	4	Left 33% Center 50% Right 17%	Trustworthy 58% Misleading 23% Ragebait 19%	61
WIREDwired.com	1	Left 50% Center 40% Right 10%	Trustworthy 61% Misleading 26% Ragebait 13%	61
BETbet.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 66% Ragebait 21% Misleading 14%	58
AOLaol.com	1	Left 38% Center 31% Right 31%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 23% Ragebait 27%	52
ROLLING STONErollingstone.com	1	Left 29% Center 46% Right 25%	Trustworthy 42% Misleading 38% Ragebait 19%	50
SCMPscmp.com	1	Left 48% Center 16% Right 36%	Trustworthy 68% Misleading 16% Ragebait 16%	50
ABC NEWSabcnews.go.com	1	Left 38% Center 42% Right 21%	Trustworthy 54% Misleading 25% Ragebait 21%	48
PEOPLEpeople.com	2	Left 30% Center 30% Right 39%	Trustworthy 48% Misleading 35% Ragebait 17%	46
MISSISSIPPITODAYmississippitoday.org	2	Left 35% Center 24% Right 41%	Trustworthy 59% Misleading 18% Ragebait 24%	34
COMMONDREAMScommondreams.org	1	Left 47% Center 35% Right 18%	Trustworthy 65% Misleading 24% Ragebait 12%	34
FOX4KCfox4kc.com	1	Left 33% Center 33% Right 33%	Trustworthy 33% Misleading 50% Ragebait 17%	24
NSJONLINEnsjonline.com	1	Left 58% Center 17% Right 25%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 42% Ragebait 8%	24
FLORIDAPOLITICSNEWfloridapolitics.com	1	Left 55% Center 36% Right 9%	Trustworthy 55% Misleading 36% Ragebait 9%	22
COLORADOSUNcoloradosun.com	1	Left 55% Right 36% Center 9%	Trustworthy 45% Misleading 45% Ragebait 9%	22
THENATIONNEWthenation.com	1	Left 55% Center 36% Right 9%	Trustworthy 73% Misleading 27%	22
OHIOCAPITALJOURNALNEWohiocapitaljournal.com	1	Left 30% Center 20% Right 50%	Trustworthy 70% Ragebait 30%	20
THE DAILY WIRENEWdailywire.com	1	Right 90% Left 10%	Trustworthy 70% Misleading 20% Ragebait 10%	20
PROPUBLICANEWpropublica.org	1	Left 50% Center 30% Right 20%	Trustworthy 60% Misleading 40%	20
THE TELEGRAPHtelegraph.co.uk	1	Left 60% Center 30% Right 10%	Trustworthy 60% Ragebait 30% Misleading 10%	20
URBANMILWAUKEEurbanmilwaukee.com	1	Left 40% Center 20% Right 40%	Trustworthy 60% Ragebait 30% Misleading 10%	20
JACOBINNEWjacobin.com	1	Left 67% Center 22% Right 11%	Trustworthy 78% Misleading 11%Ragebait 11%	18
LAILLUMINATORNEWlailluminator.com	1	Left 33% Center 44% Right 22%	Trustworthy 33% Misleading 22% Ragebait 44%	18
GRISTgrist.org	1	Left 50% Center 50%	Trustworthy 63% Misleading 25% Ragebait 13%	16
SMARTPOLITICS LIB UMNsmartpolitics.lib.umn.edu	1	Center 50% Right 38% Left 13%	Trustworthy 63% Ragebait 25% Misleading 13%	16
PROSPECTNEWprospect.org	1	Left 38% Center 38% Right 25%	Trustworthy 63% Ragebait 25% Misleading 13%	16
ADVOCATENEWadvocate.com	1	Left 71% Center 29%	Trustworthy 71% Misleading 29%	14
THE-INDEPENDENTthe-independent.com	1	Left 83% Center 17%	Trustworthy 33% Misleading 50% Ragebait 17%	12
DAILYMEMPHIANNEWdailymemphian.com	1	Left 75% Center 25%	Trustworthy 25% Misleading 25% Ragebait 50%	8
FINANCE YAHOOfinance.yahoo.com	2	Center 100%	Trustworthy 100%	4
NYDAILYNEWSnydailynews.com	1	Right 100%	Trustworthy 50% Misleading 50%	4
MEDIAMATTERSmediamatters.org	1	Center 50% Right 50%	Trustworthy 100%	4
AJCajc.com	1	Left 50% Center 50%	Trustworthy 100%	4
MSNmsn.com	2	Left 100%	Trustworthy 100%	2
TMZtmz.com	1	Center 100%	Misleading 100%	2
DAILY MAILdailymail.co.uk	1	Right 100%	Misleading 100%	2
THE-SUNthe-sun.com	1			0
BUZZFEEDbuzzfeed.com	1			0
SHOWBIZ411showbiz411.com	1			0
LOS ANGELES TIMESlatimes.com	1			0