Every outlet this paper uses, and how we use it. We don’t rate anyone ourselves: each lean and reliability rating below comes from independent raters, and links to their page so you can check it.
FactsWhat happened comes only from wire services and established newsrooms rated reliable, whatever their lean.
PerspectivesOpinion outlets that every rater who has rated them calls reliable appear only in a labeled “What each side is saying” box, one from each side, as arguments, never as fact. Each side always has the same number of outlets to draw from, matched step for step on how far they lean.
Not usedCable news sites (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Newsmax), treated identically, and opinion outlets that any rater calls less than reliable or that sit at the far edge of either side.
NeverState-run propaganda, conspiracy sites and outlets rated unreliable are blocked, on every side.
OwnersEvery outlet’s owner is listed. When an owner has a documented record of directing what its newsrooms say (scripted segments, killed endorsements, orders to an opinion page), it’s noted with a source and shown next to the outlet’s links in the paper. Every owner gets the same test, whatever its politics.