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NewsGuard - News Trust Ratings

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NewsGuard - News Trust Ratings

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2.9
70 ratings
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NewsGuard Technologies, Inc.
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User Reviews for NewsGuard - News Trust Ratings

5
I didn’t know I needed this

I learned about this app from an article on the Democratic National Committee website about combating disinformation. I don’t normally pay for apps but I checked this out because the DNC recommended it. Otherwise I’d probably never have considered it because I don’t really look at much disinformation online because almost all of my information sources are quite reputable and reliable. But when NewsGuard presents you with its assessment of a news site you get as many examples as needed to solidly validate the evaluation of various journalistic practices, information about ownership, investors, management structure, the history of the site, whatever is relevant to how the quantitative ratings were arrived at. Every piece of information is backed up with a link to its source

10056Ducks, Nov 04, 2020
1
Unhappy lib

I an an unapologetic liberal. I am also a news junky who hates media for putting profits above honesty. This behavior causes me to be skeptical of ALL for-profit news sources. I spend countless hours researching news that is questionable. I AM YOUR DREAM CUSTOMER. I would gladly pay you to provide reliable evaluations of content. BUT, I DELETED YOUR APP AFTER DOWNLOADING IT BECAUSE YOU WON’t ALLOW ME TO ASSESS YOUR SERVICE WITHOUT SEEING WHAT I’M BUYING) I don’t commit my time or money blindly. (your signup procedure takes my time, more so if I have to cancel in 2 weeks) It’s a shame that an honest company trying to stay in business while providing a valuable service may fail because of a bad business model. Trust your customers (I have never seen evaluations so bifurcated, only 1s and 5s) your market is already cynical don’t give us a silly reason to avoid you

Ablock123, Jan 17, 2022
5
Accurate app

If you’re complaining that your right wing sources are listed as unreliable, maybe it’s actually your sources that are the problem, not the app.

Eric E Britt, Mar 19, 2022
1
Misleading (which is really ironic when you think about it)

This is a pay app but they don’t say that up front. You can sign up for an account and when you get to the give us your credit card information, there’s an option that says “Continue signing up for a 2-week free trial subscription,” but you’re required to give your credit card information. Huh?? If you don’t want to, there’s a “Maybe Later” link that should be labeled (if they’re being truthful), “click here to leave this page but you won’t be able to use the app until you give us your credit card information even though we have a 2-week “free” trial.”

FiatLarry, Jul 21, 2021
5
How do you decide?

If you’re not scrutinizing your news sources then you’re just letting any crazy person with an idea infiltrate your life. Best thing possible during a time of misinformation.

Indread_cold, Nov 10, 2020
1
Undeniably biased gaslighting app

I was initially excited to use this app as I appreciate its business model. Unfortunately, it’s yet another extremely partisan and unreliable “fake news” filter. Reminds me of Snopes in that respect. They even still refuse to retract publishing that Hunter Biden’s laptop can’t be proven to be his after the New York Times finally admitted it was. This type of gaslighting propaganda is why nobody trusts the MSM anymore.

Klint2, Mar 22, 2022
1
No way to login

I installed this app and it prompted me to login, but there was no way to login. No way to create an account. No link. No nothing. Their useless so-called help menu only took me back to the initial tutorial, Which is useful only if you can actually open the app, which I could not. I deleted this stupid app. Too bad: it’s a great idea, much needed. But they need to hire a UX designer who has actually graduated from middle school.

Little Pooobah, Aug 25, 2020
5
Very useful and severely overdue

This tool is very consistent across all of its ratings and uses multiple verification points across all channels throughout its entire platform. Has so far checked out for me in most aspects. When it is hard to go back to browsing without something you now have, that’s how you especially no it’s useful.

Machseem, Jun 05, 2021
2
Can't even access without paying.

(Note that Healthguard, a subset of this for just health information, is available for free.)This is listed as "Free with in-app purchases", but it's really a mandatory subscription. Downloading and installing it does nothing except put a "?" shield icon in your browser telling you to sign up (with payment). There's a preview period, but only after you pay.

TimeWinder, Jan 17, 2022
5
Helpful Extension!

NewsGuard helps me decide if I want to trust a news website. If you hover over the NewsGuard icon , you can quickly see why the site is trustworthy (or not). If you want more information, you can click through to a longer-write up that includes details like who owns and operates the website. It's also really helpful for my kids' homework assignments!

Vicky Weiss, Oct 28, 2021

Description

Know where your news comes from with detailed trust ratings and "nutrition labels" for news sources--and get warnings when you visit an unreliable site. Transparent, accountable, and right in your mobile browser as you access the news. NewsGuard's analysts, who are trained journalists, have assessed thousands of news sources that account for 95% of online engagement across the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and Italy.

Sites are assessed based on nine apolitical journalistic criteria--like whether they regularly publish false content, use deceptive headlines, reveal who owns and finances them, or correct reporting errors. NewsGuard's detailed nutrition labels show how each site fares on each of the criteria along with an overall trust score of 0-100 and a detailed description of who's behind the site, its record of accuracy, and why it received its rating. We tell you which sites look like local news but are actually funded by political campaigns or PACs. We flag sites publishing false medical information like phony cures and ineffective treatments. We'll also tell you which generally trustworthy sources best adhere to journalistic practices and which are falling short in certain areas. Download NewsGuard to search through our database of 6,000+ ratings for news websites around the world. Send a link to NewsGuard from your mobile browser to look up a site’s rating in one tap. With NewsGuard you’ll get: * Unlimited access to our mobile app and browser extension with ratings of more than 4,000 websites that account for 95% of engagement with news in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Italy. * Ratings icons next to links in your links on all of the top search engines, social media platforms, and news aggregation sites. * Summaries showing who owns each site, its political leaning if any, and how it performs on nine journalistic criteria. * Detailed written descriptions of each site and why they passed or failed the nine criteria. * Warnings on hoax healthcare sites peddling unreliable advice and miracle cures. * Warnings on political propaganda news sites funded by campaigns or PACs. * Warnings on from hoaxes, conspiracy theories, advertising posing as news, and other unreliable sites. * A reliability score of 0-100 for each site based on its performance on our nine criteria. NewsGuard is for personal use only. Any commercial use of NewsGuard is strictly prohibited by our Terms of Service. https://www.newsguardtech.com/terms-of-service/

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