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 |
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