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Source atlas · Updated

Know who’s telling you the news.

Outlets covering Congress, from national papers to one-person blogs, are graded on how reliable they are, which way they lean and how much of their reporting is their own. See where your go-to sources land and what they leave out.

Outlets covering Congress, graded on how reliable they are, which way they lean and how much they report themselves.

How scores work
Sources listed1,651Papers, blogs, channels & more
Worth trusting54%of 250 rated outlets score 70+
Secondhand news11%of stories were reposted from another outlet
Stories indexed20,178▲ 1,794 this week
Official sources51Graded on their own list
1,651sources tracked
54%highly trusted
11%of news reposted

Where every outlet stands

267 outlets · higher is more trustworthy
No credibility score yet · 17
High credibility 70+Medium 45–69Low 0–44Sizebigger dot = more stories rated
Compare 1/4Fox NewsSelectedShift-click another dot, or hit + Compare, to line it up side by side

Where every outlet stands

267 of 267
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What the other side is reading

SEP 24 – OCT 1

Who’s on top

The standouts among news outlets. Government and official sources have their own list.The standouts among news outlets. Official sources have their own list.
Most credibleThe ones you can take at their word
Most originalDoing their own reporting
Most coverageThe loudest voices on the Hill
Biggest moversTrust gained or lost in 90 daysMeasured against scores rebuilt from the stories published by then (daily records began later).
The ones you can take at their word

Who owns what

Many outlets with different names have the same owner. Click a group to see where its outlets land on the chart.Different names, same owner. Tap a group to filter the outlet list.
15 groups · 49 outlets
Ownership is researched from public records and company filings, with a source for every link. How ownership is sourced

Who reprints whom

Lots of “local” news is reposted from somewhere else. This shows who writes the stories and who reposts them.Lots of “local” news is reposted from somewhere else.
Most reposted by othersTimes other sites ran their stories
CNN203 reposts
Fox News129 reposts
Associated Press118 reposts
Biggest re-publishersOther outlets’ stories they ran
Yahoo News430 stories
DNYUZ190 stories
AOL.com54 stories
New York Post34 stories