Rolling Stone
A national outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean between left and center. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A national outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean between left and center. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 75High
- LEAN
- 34Center-Left
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 10▲ 1 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 10 stories · 95% range 73–77 · updated Oct 6, 2026Lean 10 stories · 95% range 26–43 · updated Oct 6, 2026Originality 10 hosted stories · updated Oct 6, 2026
Rolling Stone at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the national news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
10June spike: 8 stories, 5 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 3 on Economy.
Hatched: Nov–Jan and May, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- STORY1 new story in the last 7 days · 1 on Elections/Campaigns
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 80 outlets covered it
- FRAMINGProPublica Publishes Reporting on Allegations Involving Susan Collins its headline: negative toward Collins · 24 outlets · Sep 22
Rolling Stone’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. 7 points above the national news average (68).
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.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (Nov–Jan and May). National news average: 68, below this range. 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 Rolling Stone covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns50%+10 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Housing20%+19 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
- Civil Rights/Liberties10%+8 PTS against 2% of all outlets’ stories
- Ethics/Corruption10%−8 PTS against 18% of all outlets’ stories
- Technology/Privacy10%+6 PTS against 4% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 8 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 8 PAIRS
- 1Andrew Ogles (Republican)1 stories
- 2Bill Cassidy (Republican)1 stories
- 3Bobby Pulido (Democrat)1 stories
- 4Elizabeth Warren (Democrat)1 stories
- 5James Talarico (Democrat)1 stories
- 6John Cornyn (Republican)1 stories
- 7Ken Paxton (Republican)1 stories
- 8Susan M. Collins (Republican)1 stories
How Rolling Stone framed shared stories, and what it skipped
SAME STORY, DIFFERENT HEADLINES
- Rolling Stone (this source)Susan Collins Was Target of FBI Bribery Probe: ReportNEGATIVE TOWARD COLLINS
- JezebelTurns Out Susan Collins Was Way More of a Sellout Than We ThoughtNEGATIVE TOWARD COLLINS
- Raw StorySusan Collins 'angrily' blames corruption story bombshell on Senate colleague: reportNEGATIVE TOWARD COLLINS
- Democracy Now!ProPublica: FBI Probe of GOP Sen. Collins Ended After Trump Returned to OfficeNEGATIVE TOWARD COLLINS
- Portland Press HeraldFacing heat from Democrats, Collins team calls corruption allegations 'outrageous'NEUTRAL
- ProPublicaSusan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True.NEGATIVE TOWARD COLLINS
- 2paragraphsSusan Collins Slammed for Saying, "I Do Not Understand How Anyone Would Take the Word of a Felon"MIXED ON COLLINS
- Bangor Daily NewsOperative at center of ProPublica report is still a top outside money man for Susan CollinsMIXED ON COLLINS
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and Rolling Stone did not.
Rolling Stone’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
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Compare Rolling Stone with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
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CREDIBILITY
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TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
- Mainly about Bobby PulidoCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Susan M. CollinsCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Elizabeth WarrenCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Bill CassidyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John CornynCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Graham PlatnerCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about James TalaricoCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Graham PlatnerCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Alexis GoldsteinCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Andrew OglesCRED 75REPRINTS —
