RFD-TV
A trade publication rated medium on credibility, with a lean between center and center-right. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A trade publication rated medium on credibility, with a lean between center and center-right. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 63Medium
- LEAN
- 53Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 14none this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 13 stories · 95% range 61–65 · updated Oct 12, 2026Lean 13 stories · 95% range 48–58 · updated Oct 12, 2026Originality 14 hosted stories · updated Oct 12, 2026
RFD-TV at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the trade press average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
14Busiest month: January, 5 stories, 2 of them on Agriculture and 2 on Elections/Campaigns.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCORELean 52 → 53 Oct 12 · 12 stories
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
RFD-TV’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 1 point above the trade press average (62).
POLITICAL LEAN
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
The dashed line is the trade press average (62). How score history works
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What RFD-TV covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Agriculture21%+21 PTS against 0% of all outlets’ stories
- Elections/Campaigns14%−24 PTS against 39% of all outlets’ stories
- Environment/Climate14%+13 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members7%−3 PTS against 11% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 7 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 7 PAIRS
- 1Amy Klobuchar (Democrat)2 stories
- 2Deb Fischer (Republican)1 stories
- 3Dusty Johnson (Republican)1 stories
- 4Jeff Hurd (Republican)1 stories
- 5Pete Stauber (Republican)1 stories
- 6Roger Marshall (Republican)1 stories
How RFD-TV framed shared stories, and what it skipped
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and RFD-TV did not.
RFD-TV’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
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Compare RFD-TV with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- RFD-TVTHIS SOURCE
- Cache Valley Daily
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- My News LA
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
AGRICULTURE COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Roger MarshallCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jeff HurdCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Pete StauberCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Amy KlobucharCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Dusty JohnsonCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Doug LaMalfaCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Deb FischerCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Amy KlobucharCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Dan NewhouseCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Adrian SmithCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Deb FischerCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jerry MoranCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Michelle FischbachCRED 60REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jerry MoranCRED 65REPRINTS —
