How to Filter for High-Factuality News Sources

Ground News provides factuality ratings to indicate the reliability of news sources based on their historical reporting practices. It’s important to note that these ratings apply to the news sources as a whole, not individual articles.

The factuality rating reflects a source’s history of reporting, including whether it has framed details to fit a particular narrative. Typically:

• Center sources are the most likely to have high factuality ratings.

• Partisan sources, whether left or right-leaning, tend to have lower factuality ratings due to tendencies such as omitting context, biased framing, or sourcing their information from poorly rated or unverified sources.

These ratings are not determined by our team but come from three independent organizations. Ground News averages these ratings to provide an objective score. Ratings can change over time based on a source’s reporting behaviour. In other words, if a source improves its practices, its factuality rating may increase, and vice versa.

You can read more about our rating methodology here: Ground News Rating System

1. Open the app and navigate to a news story.

2. Scroll to the Full Coverage carousel (where different sources covering the same story are displayed).

3. Tap on “Sort & Filter” in the coverage carousel.

4. Sort by “Factuality” to prioritize sources with a factuality rating.

5. If you're looking for High or Very High Factuality sources, adjust the factuality filter settings accordingly.

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1. Go to Ground News and navigate to any news story.

2. Find the Full Coverage section to view multiple sources reporting on the same event.

3. Click on the “Sort & Filter” icon and locate the “Factuality” drop-down menu.

4. If you're looking for High or Very High Factuality sources, adjust the factuality filter settings accordingly.

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You can also check the factuality rating of an individual source by visiting its dedicated source page:

• For example, visit a new source's interest page on Ground News by using the search bar.

• Click on the organizations next to the rating to view more details on the rationale behind the score.

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