Table 2.
Example imputed domain ratings sorted by PC1.
| Domain | PC1 | NewsGuard | MBFC | AFM | Fact-checker | Lasser | Iffy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reuters | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| afp | 0.95 | – | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| economist | 0.93 | – | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.66 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| usatoday | 0.90 | – | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.73 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| chicagotribune | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| nytimes | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| washingtonpost | 0.82 | – | 0.75 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| theguardian | 0.75 | – | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| huffingtonpost | 0.72 | – | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 1.00 |
| commondreams | 0.54 | – | 0.75 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 1.00 |
| foxnews | 0.53 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| rawstory | 0.46 | – | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 1.00 |
| breitbart | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| newsmax | 0.29 | – | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| zenith.news | 0.23 | – | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| healthnutnews | 0.15 | – | 0.06 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| whatdoesitmean | 0.15 | – | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| beforeitsnews | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| infowars | 0.05 | – | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| naturalnews | 0.00 | – | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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. Iffy, Iffy index of unreliable sources; Lasser, Lasser et al. (19) mean.