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Automated assessment. Scores measure selected wording patterns in the outlet's own words. They do not assess factual accuracy, completeness, or which stories an outlet covers. What the score measures

Outlets

Each outlet's score averages its own news reports saved in the last 120 days: opinion and wire copy are left out. Comparing reports of the same event on the event pages is the fairer comparison; an outlet average also reflects which topics it covered and how much of its text could be read.

Ranked on full text

Only reports read from the full article page, with at least 150 words in the outlet's own voice.

OutletPlain averageAdjusted90% rangeSame-event comparisonReportsText read in fullStatus
ABC News969695 to 96too few shared events130100%Full
BBC News949493 to 95too few shared events208100%Full
NBC News959494 to 95too few shared events20058%Full
PBS NewsHour939391 to 94too few shared events77100%Full
CBS News939392 to 9495 (+1.7 over 5)28683%Full
Washington Examiner939393 to 94too few shared events976100%Full
Fox News929291 to 93too few shared events536100%Full
The Daily Caller919190 to 92too few shared events536100%Full
The Guardian909089 to 91too few shared events39098%Full
The New York Times898987 to 92too few shared events102%Full
New York Post898988 to 89too few shared events460100%Full
Breitbart868786 to 8784 (-2.0 over 4)1140100%Full
HuffPost868685 to 87too few shared events452100%Full
Vox868685 to 87too few shared events92100%Full
The Federalist818179 to 83too few shared events179100%Full
NPR989492 to 95too few shared events63%Provisional
The Hill1 full-text report so far. A score appears at 5 reports and 3,000 words.
PoliticoNo full-text reports yet.
AxiosNo full-text reports yet.
The Washington TimesNo full-text reports yet.
Tucker Carlson NetworkNo full-text reports yet.

Adjusted: the plain average pulled toward 90.5, the average of the outlets' plain averages, with the weight of 7.0 reports (half the weight at 7.0 reports). Both numbers come from the data (15 outlets, 303 reports) and are recomputed every quarter; these were set 2026-10-22. The pull can never move an outlet into a better band than its plain average. 90% range: below 30 reports, the plain average ± t × standard deviation ÷ √reports; from 30, 2,000 seeded re-draws. When two 90% ranges overlap, the site does not treat those outlets as different.

Same-event comparison: the plain average plus how far the outlet's reports sit from the average report on the same events, using events covered by 3 or more outlets (the number of such reports in brackets). It shows the outlet against others covering the same news, so its mix of topics matters less. Needs 3 such reports.

Headline and summary only

Reports where only the feed's headline and summary could be read (the page refused automated reading, or could not be reached). Measured on far less text, so they are listed here and never mixed into the ranking above. Not a ranking: listed by number of reports.

OutletReportsAverage overallAverage headline wordingAverage words read
The Hill1528959951
The Washington Times531969930
The New York Times443959924
Axios3249299455
NPR3029610027
NBC News192949835
Politico90989915
CBS News68929927
The Guardian79910063
Washington Examiner3918951
Fox News110010027
PBS NewsHour110010044

Coverage map

How much of each outlet's saved coverage the site could read in full. Outlets read from headlines and summaries only are measured on far less text, so their scores are not directly comparable with full-text outlets.

OutletReadingReports savedFull textWhy not readWire copy
NPRpartly3123%the page could not be reached (302)0
PBS NewsHourfull text342100%the page text could not be read (1)180
BBC Newsfull text260100%0
The New York Timespartly4532%the page refused automated reading (443)0
The Guardianfull text53198%the page text could not be read (7); the page could not be reached (2)0
Politicoheadline only900%the page refused automated reading (90)0
The Hillpartly17750%the page refused automated reading (1759)1
Axiosheadline only3240%the page refused automated reading (324)0
CBS Newsfull text39283%the page text could not be read (68)0
ABC Newsfull text140100%7
NBC Newspartly45758%the page text could not be read (191); the page refused automated reading (1)0
HuffPostfull text586100%77
Fox Newsfull text545100%the page could not be reached (1)0
New York Postfull text521100%2
The Washington Timesheadline only5310%the page refused automated reading (531)0
Washington Examinerfull text1485100%11
The Daily Callerfull text611100%9
Breitbartfull text1391100%47
The Federalistfull text179100%0
Voxfull text92100%0
Tucker Carlson Networknone00%0