Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates CNBC (website) in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. CNBC (website) is a business news TV channel and website owned by NBCUniversal News Group. Its coverage focuses on real-time financial market and business content. Founded in 1989, CNBC has headquarters in New Jersey and news bureaus worldwide.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for CNBC (website) according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 43.83

Bias: -1.77

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart^®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL	Bias	Reliability
'On vacation every single day': I left the U.S. to live in Vietnam and only need to work 15 hours a week	0	40.67
Disneyland hikes ticket prices for its highest-demand days	0	46.33
Tokyo Metro shares surge 45% on debut after Japan's largest IPO in six years	0	44
Asia stocks mostly rise after Wall Street rally stalls; Tokyo Metro shares soar on debut	0	43.67
CNBC Daily Open: The S&P could still have legs despite stalling	0	44.67
Starbucks shares slide after coffee chain says sales fell again, suspends outlook	0	44.67
SAP boss warns against regulating AI, says Europe risks falling behind U.S., China	2.33	43.67
How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global semiconductor chip industry	0	42.67
Trump Media COO quits; DJT turns over more shares to SPAC investor in court fight	0	42.67
Chaos is building for shippers as U.S. port strike continues and costs rise	0	49.33
Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules	-6.33	44.67
Here's everything to expect when the September jobs report is released Friday	0	43.33
How retailers and media companies are teaming up to bring live shopping to the 2024 VMAs	0	44.33
Biden proposes expanding free community college across the U.S.	-6.67	43.67
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol outlines priorities to end coffee chain's slump	0	45
Women's sports are on an upward trajectory as fans, brands engage	0	44.33
Streaming deals are key to future of NFL viewership, fandom	0	44.67
JPMorgan Chase shares drop 5% after bank tempers guidance on interest income and expenses	0	45
MLB is aiming for a more national strategy, commissioner says	0	43.67
Lululemon cuts guidance, misses sales estimates after botched product launch	0	44.33
Harris says Trump 'wants to be an autocrat' and tyrants are 'rooting' for him	-10.67	34.67
Dow closes more than 450 points higher as Powell signals Fed rate cuts are coming: Live updates	0	46.67
Markets are now wondering whether the Fed might cut by half a point in September	0	41.67
Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event to discuss changes after CrowdStrike outage	0	45.33
Bronfman's Paramount bid could keep Shari Redstone involved at the company	0	46