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: 43.81

Bias: -1.73

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
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
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child	-9.33	42.33
Tesla shares close down 12% after earnings miss for biggest slump since 2020	-2.33	40.67
Chipotle earnings and revenue top estimates, restaurant traffic rises again	0	44
Kamala Harris' tech allies on track to raise over $100 million as they work to win over Silicon Valley skeptics	-2.33	43
Ford shares tumble 11% after massive earnings miss	0	44.67
NBA says Amazon will be its new media partner, rebuffing Warner Bros. Discovery attempt to match deal	0	44.33
Trump Media shares plunge 17% with newly available DJT shares set to dilute stock value	2	41.33
Top BofA auto analyst says Detroit automakers need to exit China as soon as possible	0	44.67
Millionaires are abandoning the UK in droves, new research shows	0	44.33
Nvidia passes Microsoft in market cap to become most valuable public company	0	44.67
Jim Cramer’s guide to investing: How to handle a short-term rally	0	36.33
Oil prices ease, U.S. crude stock build fuels demand fears	0	44.33
Dollar waits on U.S. inflation reading, bitcoin tops $60,000	0	46.33
Philippines' Marcos says he remains firm in defending sovereignty	0	44.67