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: 43.79

Bias: -1.82

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
Bitcoin rises to new record above $107,000 ahead of this week's Fed decision	1	44
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor says bitcoin is 'cyber Manhattan' — a 'good investment' even at the top	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	47.33
Dow ducks back below 45,000 as bitcoin enthusiasm fails to carry over to equities: Live updates	0	42.67
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: American Eagle Outfitters, American Airlines, Verint Systems and more	0	42.33
Biden administration under pressure to forgive student loans before Trump takes office	-8.33	40.67
Mark Cuban: This will 'be the No. 1 housing affordability issue' in the U.S.—Florida especially will have 'huge problems'	0	43.33
Kamala Harris on working at McDonald’s in her 20s: 'It was not a small job'	-2.67	43
Nvidia shares fluctuate as investors digest third-quarter earnings	0.67	43.33
Kenya drops over $2.5 billion of Adani deals after U.S. indictment	0	43.33
Trump and Fed Chair Powell could be set on a collision course over interest rates	-7	39.33
Adani Group slams 'baseless' New York fraud and bribery charges	-0.67	43.67
Forecasting Bitcoin's future: price expectations for 2025	-1	39
Walmart may have to raise some prices if Trump tariffs take effect, CFO says	-1	47
'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