There are a large number of electronic alternatives to newspapers, including newspaper sites, news agency sites, news aggregator sites, television network news sites, and many sites with political biases or that rely on unsubstantiated sources. The following list presents most trusted news sources according to in-depth studies by the Pew Research Center in 2014 and 2020, as well as an informal analysis by eBizMBA of the popularity of news sources and websites based on the amount of visits to these sites. Links to these studies and websites are provided below. Note that not all of the sources analyzed by the Pew study are listed; only those with an active website are provided in our list.
| Broadcast, Print, & Online News Sources |
Pew Research
2020 Rating
|
Pew Research
2014 Rating
|
eBizMBA
Survey
|
| ABC News (US television network & website) |
4 of 18 |
5 of 19 |
12 of 15 |
| BBC News (UK television network & website) |
2 of 18 |
1 of 19 |
13 of 15 |
| Business Insider (news agency, website, & aggregator) |
9 of 18 |
15 of 19 |
not rated |
| CBS News (US television network & website) |
6 of 18 |
6 of 19 |
not rated |
| CNN (cable news channel & website) |
15 of 18 |
8 of 19 |
4 of 15 |
| Fox News (cable news channel & website) |
* |
18 of 19 |
6 of 15 |
| Google News (online news aggregator) |
** |
10 of 19 |
2 of 15 |
| The Guardian (UK newspaper & website) |
17 of 18 |
14 of 19 |
10 of 15 |
| The Hill (US newspaper & website) |
13 of 18 |
not rated |
not rated |
| HuffingtonPost (online news aggregator and blog) |
*** |
19 of 19 |
3 of 15 |
| LA Times (US newspaper & website) |
not rated |
not rated |
15 of 15 |
| Mail Online (UK newspaper & website) |
not rated |
not rated |
8 of 15 |
| MSNBC (cable news channel & website) |
not rated |
13 of 19 |
not rated |
| NBC News (US television network & website) |
7 of 18 |
7 of 19 |
7 of 15 |
| New York Times (US newspaper & website) |
14 of 18 |
11 of 19 |
5 of 15 |
| New Yorker (US magazine & website) |
not rated |
16 of 19 |
not rated |
| Newsweek (US news website/magazine & website) |
11 of 18 |
not rated |
not rated |
| NPR (US radio network & website) |
3 of 18 |
2 of 19 |
not rated |
| PBS Newshour (US television network & website) |
1 of 18 |
3 of 19 |
not rated |
| Politico (US news website) |
12 of 18 |
not rated |
not rated |
| Time (US news magazine & website) |
8 of 18 |
not rated |
not rated |
| Univision (US Spanish-language network) |
19 of 18 |
not rated |
not rated |
| USA Today (US newspaper & website) |
10 of 18 |
9 of 19 |
14 of 15 |
| Wall Street Journal (US financial newspaper & website) |
5 of 18 |
4 of 19 |
11 of 15 |
| Washington Post (US newspaper & website) |
16 of 18 |
12 of 19 |
9 of 15 |
| Yahoo! News (online news aggregator) |
not rated |
17 of 19 |
1 of 15 |
- "not rated" indicates that this news source was not included in the study/analysis
- * = equally trusted and distrusted in 2020 survey.
- ** not evaluated in 2020 Pew survey.
- *** distrusted in 2020 Pew survey.
- Pew Research Center, U.S. Media Polarization & the 2020 Election, January 4, 2020 (ratings obtained from page 6 (Appendix: Detailed Tables, of the online version of the report).
- Pew Research Center, Political Polarization & Media Habits, October 21, 2014 (ratings obtained from page 5 of the pdf report).
- Pew Research Center, You Don’t Really Have to Know a News Outlet to Trust (or Distrust) It, November 10, 2014.
- eBizMBA, Top 15 Most Popular News Websites, May 2016. Note: the study is of visits (i.e., traffic) to the websites, NOT the reliability of the news available on any site.
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