Fair and Balanced -- Almost

Enter NewsTrust, an online rating service self-touted as "your guide to good journalism." The nonprofit Web site (www.newstrust.net) appraises the credibility of stories across the mainstream and alternative news continuum, from the New York Times to Captain's Quarters, a conservative blog. Founded by Fabrice Florin, a former Apple and Macromedia honcho who later launched Handtap and GoComics, NewsTrust assigns a rating of one to five stars to a story ... Full Story »

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Jami Dwyer
4.2
by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Good summary of NewsTrust, balanced to a fault. Going out of one's way to include the ever-decreasing group of Republicans still claiming Saddam was best buds with Osama is not a good way to ensure fairness or accuracy. It seems like it's more of a way to ensure the perverted sense of "balance" that created Fox "News."

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Jami's Rating

Overall
4.2

Good
from 7 answers
Quality
4.2
Fairness
5.0
Information
5.0
Sourcing
4.0
Context
3.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
4.0
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