A recent study conducted by Pew Research found that Americans who are Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to read and trust traditional national sources such as The New York Times and Associated Press (AP). In fact, there were few similarities among Americans with differing political allegiances when it came to which online/print news sources they regularly read and trusted.

According to the study, Democrats and Independents who lean left say they regularly get news from a variety of online sources: Associated Press (31%), BBC News (30%), The New York Times (29%), Washington Post (18%), USA Today (17%), The Guardian (13%), Politico (12%), Newsweek (10%) and The Atlantic (10%). Republicans and right-leaning Independents read BBC News (13%), Daily Wire (12%), AP (11%), USA Today (11%) and The New York Times (10%).

There were a few sources that ranked similarly across both sides of the political aisle; for example, Wall Street Journal (16% of Democrats read; 12% of Republicans), Forbes (10% of Democrats; 9% of Republicans) and the New York Post (8% of Democrats; 10% of Republicans). (The most popular sources among both parties were TV/broadcast news; we looked at Pew results for TV news and podcasts in previous blog posts, available here).

The political divide was even more evident when looking at which online/print sources Americans say they trust. Here’s a sample from the study:

• BBC News: 52% of Democrats; 20% of Republicans
• The New York Times: 49% of Democrats; 16% of Republicans
• AP: 47% of Democrats; 16% of Republicans
• Wall Street Journal: 37% of Democrats; 21% of Republicans
• USA Today: 37% of Democrats; 18% of Republicans
• Washington Post: 37% of Democrats; 14% of Republicans
• The Daily Wire: 14% of Republicans; 3% of Democrats
• Breitbart: 10% of Republicans; 1% of Democrats

Pew found that among the 30 news sources included in the study (online, TV, radio, podcast), Democrats tend to trust most of them overall, while Republicans tend to be more distrustful. At Ad Fontes, we believe that it’s important to rely on sources that provide fact-based and minimally biased information. We recommend sources in the green box of the Media Bias Chart® as ones you can trust.

Forty-one sources fall within the green box on the July edition of the Media Bias Chart® for websites/print that we’re releasing today (more sources fall within the green box; they will be included in future charts):

• 104.5 WOKV – Jacksonville
• 1440 Newsletter
• 404 Media
• ABC News (website)
• Ad Age
• Air Mail
• Alaska Beacon
• Boston Herald
• Cato Institute
• CNBC (website)
• Eco Watch
• FOX 8 Cleveland WJW
• Fox Business (website)
• HuffPost
• Investor’s Business Daily
• MarketWatch
• Newsweek
• NPR (website)
• Oil City News
• Peru21
• Pew Research Center
• ProPublica
• Puck News
• Quillette
• Reason
• San Bernardino Sun
• Semafor
• Spectrum News 13 Central Florida
• Straight Arrow News
• The Advocate – Baton Rouge
• The American Leader
• The Appeal
• The Bellingham Herald
• The New York Times
• The Press-Enterprise | Riverside County
• The Reload
• The War Horse
• TheGrio
• USAFacts
• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post

This chart features a total of 119 of the more than 2,670 websites our team has rated (see a list of all 119 sources on our website). Remember, we choose a selection of sources to include on each month’s chart because it’s impossible to put all of them in a single image.

Seven sources make their debut on this month’s chart:

• 104.5 WOKV – Jacksonville
• Alaska Beacon
• American Mind
• Peru21
• SheKnows
• Spectrum News 13 Central Florida
• Truthdig

Don’t see your favorite source on the July chart? You can look up ratings on the free version of the interactive chart on the website, which allows access to data on 250 of our top sources. Daily search limits apply. For expanded access, please consider a News Nerd subscription, which gives you the ability to search all sources we’ve rated and provides many additional benefits.

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