Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Yahoo News according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 41.16

Bias: -5.71

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
People are calling Trump a fascist. What does that mean?	-15	35.67
What the Walz and Vance exchange on Jan. 6 says about the partisan divide and the coming election	-4.67	39.33
A reporter keeps asking about Caitlin Clark. Players want her banned.	0	44.67
Elon Musk's Starlink brings internet — and politics — to storm-ravaged areas	-2.67	42.67
Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Share Dreamy Photos from Wedding Celebration in Italy: 'Forever and Always'	0	42
Heart attacks in young people are rare — but rates are rising. Experts point to 4 possible reasons.	-1.33	44
Vance criticized an infrastructure law as a candidate then embraced it as a senator	-7	41.33
(ABC News) Harris campaign, Jewish groups fiercely criticize Trump preemptively blaming Jewish voters if he loses	-6	43
US soldier who fled to North Korea sentenced for desertion	0	44.33
Why the internet's so hooked on TikTok's king of sandwiches	0	48
(AP) The US is more hands-off than usual in the Middle East. It fears making things worse	0	45.33
(CNN) Harris’ cash edge funds advertising blitz as Elon Musk cuts big check to House Republicans, new filings show	-1.67	44
With Court Victories, Conservatives Push Back on Biden Policies	-7.67	39.33
CNN - A toddler cried non-stop during a flight. Two strangers locked her in the bathroom	0	44.33
The Hollywood Reporter - Planned Terrorist Attack at Taylor Swift Concert Was Intended to Kill “Tens of Thousands of People,” CIA Official Says	0	43.67
Yahoo News! - 7 takeaways from Kamala Harris's CNN interview	0	43.67
USA Today - 'Furious': Veterans slam Trump team's altercation at Arlington National Cemetery	-1.67	43.33
Column: Trump's Truth Social stock is circling the drain	-1.33	39.33
'Cruel torture': Drug convicts await execution in Saudi	0	45.33
Air Force Families Must Be Prepared for Catastrophic Events Amid Shift to Potential Pacific Conflict, Service Chief Says	0	44.67
Elon Musk Moves to Foreclose on Gene Wilder’s Former Los Angeles Home	0	42
818,000 jobs correction may not worry economists. It’s a problem for Kamala Harris	0	40.67
Ukraine's surprise advance into Russia a dilemma for Biden	0	46
Tennessee Guardsman found dead and bound with zip ties in 2019 was shot over custody dispute, authorities say	0	42
USA Today: Trump says he's 'entitled' to attack Harris, hits inflation efforts: 3 takeaways from NJ press conference	-3.67	43