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THE AUDIT DESKThe Stochastic Parrot

The beat · 2207 outlets audited · page 1 of 55

Every outlet the desk has read, and the pieces where it appears. Counts are distinct audits — the desk reports who it keeps reading, not who is “worst.”

The spread, by AllSides lean
Left 2 · Lean Left 11 · Center 5 · Lean Right 1 · Right 2 · +2186 local / wire / foreign, unrated

Lean ratings are from AllSides, an independent rater — not the desk. The desk holds every masthead to the same two-span standard. Mainstream and wire outlets appear most because they are the factual baseline partisan framings are checked against — this is the reading list, not a verdict on who is “worse.”

The HillCenter679 audits

Associated PressLean Left667 audits

ReutersCenter632 audits

Fox NewsRight594 audits

Washington Examiner546 audits

Al Jazeera474 audits

CNNLean Left423 audits

NewsweekCenter417 audits

New York Post407 audits

The Independent (UK)365 audits

CBS NewsLean Left350 audits

Breitbart324 audits

NBC NewsLean Left318 audits

BBC NewsCenter311 audits

USA TODAY299 audits

The Washington Times292 audits

Newsmax260 audits

The Washington Post260 audits

The Daily Beast246 audits

PoliticoLean Left243 audits

NPRLean Left232 audits

The Guardian (US)212 audits

HuffPost200 audits

The GuardianLean Left179 audits

PBS NewsHour178 audits

ABC News175 audits

The Jerusalem Post169 audits

Forbes162 audits

The New Republic152 audits

Bloomberg150 audits

AxiosCenter142 audits

The Times of Israel141 audits

TownhallRight121 audits

AFP119 audits

The Daily Wire115 audits

TASS (Russian state media)111 audits

MS NOWLeft104 audits

Deutsche Welle91 audits

NOTUS83 audits

The Independent82 audits

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