NewsGuard

NewsGuard's ratings shields and labels help users know which news and information websites to trust.

Total ratings for NewsGuard

4.60 (Rating count: 205)

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helpful in identifying credible and non-credible news sources
Includes detailed 'nutrition labels' for understanding why a source is rated a certain way
Free to use on the new Edge platform
Offers a quick background check of websites to filter out fake news
Balanced analysis across political spectrums according to some users

Cons

Perceived as biased towards liberal and leftist media outlets by some users
Accusations of being a censorship tool with connections to the US government
Lack of transparency in rating process for some users
Changes to the UI that result in less information being shown on popups
Some users find the ratings unreliable and compromised

Most mentioned

Bias or perceived bias in ratings
Connection to or funding by the US government
Utility in identifying trustworthy news sources
Ease of use and accessibility of information
Categorization of mainstream news outlets

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Recent reviews for NewsGuard

Recent rating average: 2.60

All time rating average: 4.60

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Date	Author	Comment
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2024-01-17	Penn,	CENSORSHIP TOOL * * * Avoid at all costs! * * * hxxps://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/11/15/verbatim_newsguards_inquisitiveness_and_realclearinvestigations_reply_992622.html hxxps://thefederalist.com/2023/11/15/meet-newsguard-the-government-backed-censorship-tool-billed-as-an-arbiter-of-truth/
2023-10-30	Kyle	I appreciate that NewsGuard's ratings are easily accessible but do not overwhelm your search results. The "Full Nutrition Label" page for a given publisher provides an in-depth explanation of the ratings assigned, though the formatting on this page could be better to allow users to more-easily find appropriate sections of the text (e.g., let me click on a red X to go directly to the substantiating information). This portion of the service also differentiates between outlets' TV, print, and online outlets if that is necessary. It appears that high-profile or particularly damaging/egregious instances of mis/disinformation will hurt a publishers score more than run-of-the-mill editorial slant, especially if the publisher did not issue adequate retractions/corrections. I'm a big fan of Microsoft licensing this service for inclusion as a free Edge extension.
2023-07-24	Lan	5c5810fd.weaksharedptr.com注册送永久流量的，专线支持GPT，可以试试，节点多，又快又稳，晚高峰看8K视频完全不卡！（手机电脑全平台互通）
2023-03-10	john	Funded in part by the US Pentagon (it's on their website), this is clearly an extension pushing the agenda of the US government. Whatever the Newsguard rating is, you subtract it from 100 and get the true rating.
2023-01-18	Austin	I like being told what to think and who I can trust by my betters. I'm too stupid to think for myself. Thanks to NewsGuard I never have to critically think again! Their sacred "Journalists" work tirelessly to censor all content that is divergent. Now I only read the safe news published by "Real Journalists" who regurgitate State Department press releases in a way that even someone as simple as me can digest and regurgitate to my friends and family.
2022-07-27	Jay	Unreliable ratings. Clearly is compromised as a source for neutral information on newsworthiness.
2022-02-20	Tommaso	Una delle estensioni più utili sullo store. Ora che è gratuita sul nuovo Edge consiglio a tutti di installarla.
2022-01-21	Art	Displays many mainstream outlets as green despite them having tons of issues where they have omitted facts and information. They have recently began to engage in partisan smear campaign where if an outlet questions or reports news differently from that of the mainstream left-wing outlets it will rate it as red. The people in charge of this organization are left wings or neocons ranging center-left to moderates and further left. Take their rating with a grain of salt. I personally have found in their analysis some misleading claims, even their lack of proofs compared to many MSM outlets. Update: They have now changed their popup to show less information about the website. This is a net negative.
2021-11-22	Keiner	It's totally unacceptable that sites which to now follow leftish mainstream agenda are disqualified and reported and "misleading".

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