Table 3.
Top 25 CI news spreaders of the retweet networks corresponding to each media category
| Rank | Fake news (7 verified, 2 deleted, 16 unverified) | Extreme bias (right) news (15 verified, 1 deleted, 9 unverified) | Right news (23 verified, 0 deleted, 2 unverified) | Right leaning news (20 verified, 1 deleted 4 unverified) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @PrisonPlanet✓ | @realDonaldTrump✓ | @FoxNews✓ | @WSJ✓ |
| 2 | @RealAlexJones✓ | @DailyCaller✓ | @realDonaldTrump✓ | @WashTimes✓ |
| 3 | @zerohedge | @BreitbartNews✓ | @dcexaminer✓ | @RT_com✓ |
| 4 | @DRUDGE_REPORT | @wikileaks✓ | @DRUDGE_REPORT | @realDonaldTrump✓ |
| 5 | @realDonaldTrump✓ | @DRUDGE_REPORT | @nypost✓ | @RT_America✓ |
| 6 | @mitchellvii✓ | @seanhannity✓ | @FoxNewsInsider✓ | @WSJPolitics✓ |
| 7 | deleted | @WayneDupreeShow✓ | @DailyMail✓ | @DRUDGE_REPORT |
| 8 | @TruthFeedNews | @LindaSuhler | @AllenWest✓ | @KellyannePolls✓ |
| 9 | @RickRWells | @mitchellvii✓ | @RealJamesWoods✓ | @TeamTrump✓ |
| 10 | deleted | @LouDobbs✓ | @foxandfriends✓ | @LouDobbs✓ |
| 11 | @gatewaypundit✓ | @PrisonPlanet✓ | @foxnation✓ | @rebeccaballhaus✓ |
| 12 | @infowars | @DonaldJTrumpJr✓ | @LouDobbs✓ | @WSJopinion✓ |
| 13 | @Lagartija_Nix | @gerfingerpoken | @KellyannePolls✓ | @reidepstein✓ |
| 14 | @DonaldJTrumpJr✓ | @FreeBeacon✓ | @JudicialWatch✓ | deleted |
| 15 | @ThePatriot143 | @gerfingerpoken2 | @PrisonPlanet✓ | @JasonMillerinDC✓ |
| 16 | @V_of_Europe | @TeamTrump✓ | @wikileaks✓ | @DanScavino✓ |
| 17 | @KitDaniels1776 | @Italians4Trump | @TeamTrump✓ | @PaulManafort✓ |
| 18 | @Italians4Trump | @benshapiro✓ | @IngrahamAngle✓ | @SopanDeb✓ |
| 19 | @_Makada_ | @KellyannePolls✓ | @marklevinshow✓ | @asamjulian |
| 20 | @BigStick2013 | @DanScavino✓ | @LifeZette✓ | @JudicialWatch✓ |
| 21 | @conserv_tribune✓ | deleted | @theblaze✓ | @_Makada_ |
| 22 | @Miami4Trump | @JohnFromCranber | @FoxBusiness✓ | @mtracey✓ |
| 23 | @MONAKatOILS | @true_pundit | @foxnewspolitics✓ | @Italians4Trump |
| 24 | @JayS2629 | @ThePatriot143 | @BIZPACReview | @Telegraph✓ |
| 25 | @ARnews1936 | @RealJack | @DonaldJTrumpJr✓ | @RealClearNews✓ |
| Rank | Center news (24 verified, 0 deleted, 1 unverified) | Left leaning news (25 verified, 0 deleted 0 unverified) | Left news (25 verified, 0 deleted, 0 unverified) | Extreme bias (left) news (7 verified, 1 deleted, 17 unverified) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @CNN✓ | @nytimes✓ | @HuffPost✓ | @Bipartisanism✓ |
| 2 | @thehill✓ | @washingtonpost✓ | @TIME✓ | @PalmerReport✓ |
| 3 | @politico✓ | @ABC✓ | @thedailybeast✓ | @peterdaou✓ |
| 4 | @CNNPolitics✓ | @NBCNews✓ | @RawStory✓ | @crooksandliars✓ |
| 5 | @Reuters✓ | @Slate✓ | @HuffPostPol✓ | @BoldBlueWave |
| 6 | @NateSilver538✓ | @PolitiFact✓ | @NewYorker✓ | @Shareblue✓ |
| 7 | @AP✓ | @CBSNews✓ | @MotherJones✓ | @Karoli |
| 8 | @business✓ | @voxdotcom✓ | @TPM✓ | @RealMuckmaker |
| 9 | @USATODAY✓ | @ABCPolitics✓ | @Salon✓ | @GinsburgJobs |
| 10 | @AP_Politics✓ | @ezraklein✓ | @thinkprogress✓ | @AdamsFlaFan |
| 11 | @FiveThirtyEight✓ | @nytpolitics✓ | @mmfa✓ | @mcspocky |
| 12 | @bpolitics✓ | @guardian✓ | @joshtpm✓ | @Shakestweetz✓ |
| 13 | @jaketapper✓ | @NYDailyNews✓ | @MSNBC✓ | deleted |
| 14 | @DRUDGE_REPORT | @latimes✓ | @NYMag✓ | @JSavoly |
| 15 | @cnnbrk✓ | @BuzzFeedNews✓ | @samstein✓ | @OccupyDemocrats |
| 16 | @businessinsider✓ | @Mediaite✓ | @JuddLegum✓ | @ZaibatsuNews |
| 17 | @AC360✓ | @HillaryClinton✓ | @mashable✓ | @wvjoe911 |
| 18 | @cnni✓ | @nytopinion✓ | @theintercept✓ | @DebraMessing✓ |
| 19 | @brianstelter✓ | @CillizzaCNN✓ | @DavidCornDC✓ | @SayNoToGOP |
| 20 | @KellyannePolls✓ | @MSNBC✓ | @dailykos✓ | @coton_luver |
| 21 | @wikileaks✓ | @KFILE✓ | @JoyAnnReid✓ | @EJLandwehr |
| 22 | @SopanDeb✓ | @TheAtlantic✓ | @nxthompson✓ | @mch7576 |
| 23 | @KFILE✓ | @SopanDeb✓ | @thenation✓ | @RVAwonk |
| 24 | @BBCWorld✓ | @Fahrenthold✓ | @justinjm1✓ | @_Carja |
| 25 | @NewDay✓ | @BuzzFeed✓ | @ariannahuff✓ | @Brasilmagic |
Verified users have a checkmark (✓) next to their user name. Verifying its accounts is a feature offered by Twitter that “lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic” (help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts). Unverified accounts do not have a checkmark and accounts marked as deleted have been deleted either by Twitter or by the users themselves