Table 1.
Example domain ratings.
| Domain | NewsGuard | MBFC | AFM | Fact-checker | Lasser | Iffy binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nytimes | 1.00 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| washingtonpost | – | 0.75 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| foxnews | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| huffingtonpost | – | 0.83 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 1.00 | |
| chicagotribune | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| usatoday | – | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.73 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| breitbart | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| whatdoesitmean | – | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| beforeitsnews | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| newsmax | – | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| commondreams | – | 0.75 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 1.00 |
| rawstory | – | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 1.00 |
Ratings are normalized, such that a value of 0 indicates lowest quality, and a value of 1 indicates highest quality. Several NewsGuard ratings have been redacted (–) because NewsGuard permits the publication of only five example ratings. Empty cells are domains that have not been rated by a given source. Lasser, Lasser et al. (19) mean. Iffy binary: Since the Iffy index includes only unreliable domains (n = 1,388), the Iffy binary measure was created by assigning all domains included in the Iffy source a 0 and assigning all the domains not included in the Iffy source a 1.