CNBC Website Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

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: 43.80

Bias: -1.76

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
What dismantling the Department of Education could mean for colleges, student loans and college access -1.33 45.67
India's oil minister says 'we play by the rules,' as markets weigh U.S. energy sanctions 0.0 42.33
Tesla drops 6% after BYD partners with DeepSeek, Musk adds to DOGE distractions with OpenAI bid -3.33 43.0
Battery giant CATL files for Hong Kong listing in what could be city's largest IPO since 2021 0.0 44.33
Asia-Pacific markets trade mostly higher as investors assess Trump tariff impact 0.0 43.33
Musk-led investor group offers $97.4 billion for OpenAI — Altman declines -1 42.67
S&P 500 closes higher, Nasdaq pops nearly 1% Monday as investors shrug off tariff worries: Live updates 0.0 44.33
A complete guide to value investing — how Warren Buffett made his money 0.0 43.33
Trump removes director of government ethics office 0.0 41.67
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials 0.0 44.67
The Fed meets for the first time since Trump's term started. Here's what to expect 0.0 42.0
We're increasing our price target on Starbucks after CEO Brian Niccol shows signs of progress 0.0 44.0
Japan and Aussie stocks rise as Wall Street stages a sharp recovery; most Asia markets closed for holiday 0.0 45.67
U.S. lawmakers in 'uncharted waters' as DeepSeek tests limits of American trade restrictions 0.0 44.33
Bitcoin falls 5% in volatile trade around $96,000 as sell-off intensifies 0.0 44.0
Novo Nordisk shares plunge 20% after disappointing trial results; Lilly jumps 0.0 46.0
'Tariffs all the way': Trump says European Union must buy U.S. oil and gas in trade ultimatum 0.0 46.33
Bitcoin rises to new record above $107,000 ahead of this week's Fed decision 1.0 44.0
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor says bitcoin is 'cyber Manhattan' — a 'good investment' even at the top 0.0 39.67
France's new prime minister gets a baptism of fire after surprise Moody's downgrade 0.67 43.33
Nvidia falls into correction territory, down more than 10% from its record close 0.67 44.33
Russia braced for mammoth rate hike amid fears it's losing the battle against inflation 0.67 44.67
LSU star Flau'jae Johnson continues NIL success, signs equity deal with women's basketball league Unrivaled -0.67 43.33
CNBC's Inside India newsletter: What lies ahead for India after a big GDP growth miss? 0.0 47.33
Dow ducks back below 45,000 as bitcoin enthusiasm fails to carry over to equities: Live updates 0.0 42.67