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NewsGuard

NewsGuard's rating shields and labels help users know which news and information websites to trust.

Users20KCurrent public install base
Rating3.6Store average score
Reviews519Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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User Growth Over Time

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30-day growthDeclining
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Technical snapshot

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Version5.9.9
ManifestV3
Size1.57MiB
Languages1English
Published
Store updated
Last crawled
English
Overview

Product summary

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NewsGuard's reliability ratings for news and information sources help users make decisions about which news sources to trust—and avoid misinformation and disinformation.

Our ratings, scores, and Nutrition Labels for websites are displayed next to links on search engines and social media platforms and cover all the news websites accounting for 95% of online engagement.

Ratings are conducted by a team of experienced journalists using nine basic, apolitical journalistic criteria. Each site receives a trust score of 0-100, an overall rating level ranging from “High Credibility” to “Proceed with Caution,” and a thorough Nutrition Label report detailing the site’s ownership and financing, content, credibility practices, transparency practices, and history.

NewsGuard is for personal use only. Any commercial, research, or other non-personal use of NewsGuard is strictly prohibited by our Terms of Service: https://www.newsguardtech.com/terms-of-service/

Reviews

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Store average score3.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average3.3Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text346Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews519Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 3.6. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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walt white2021年2月23日
5

A great addon for my browser that keeps me appraised of the stories that come across my TL/ Feed. I couldn't be happier. Thanks ya'll!

Language en
6 helpful · 3 not helpful
Jason Wallwork2021年2月12日
5

Works well. A few news sites I like aren't covered but I'm sure they will be given time. I wish the service itself for individuals was more inexpensive but I can't really fault them on needing funds to provide quality reviews.

Language en
4 helpful · 2 not helpful
B2021年1月11日
1

This extension was great til they started scamming credit card numbers to use it. They're funded by Microsoft and all they're doing by putting it behind a paywall is screwing over the little guy.

Language en
4 helpful · 4 not helpful
Rahul Sujan2020年11月22日
5

lmao triggered the american tories

Language en
5 helpful · 4 not helpful
Clay Groves2020年11月20日
4

I like the fact that this tool provides criteria of exactly how it rates news sites rather than someone just arbitrarily giving it a thumbs up or down. It does appear to lean left. Not sure if that is because there are actually more deceptive right leaning news sites or some intrinsic left bias of the staff. I can't dismiss either assumption at this time but I applaud the idea of this tool.

Language en
6 helpful · 2 not helpful
Kevin Thornton2020年11月14日
5

I'm not sure how cost effective this app will be for me in the long run because I get most of my news from a few sources that I perceive as very trustworthy. However when I used this app to read up on a few of my long trusted sources my perceptions were validated, but I was really struck by the detail of the information provided about these sources I've long considered familiar. I really liked having that information, even though I'm not convinced I 'need' it all. I also read up on an oft mentioned news source that I have absolutely no trust in, and I learned of specific recent instances, thoroughly documented, illustrating why I shouldn't trust it. The history of a news source (its founders and their histories) as well as the revelation of its major investors (along with some of their other investments listed) can be very informative. I really liked the thoroughness with which all this stuff was laid out, and so methodically too (there's a checklist of attributes to analyze). How I heard of it was interesting to me: I was reading an article on the Democratic National Committee website about combatting disinformation and this app was recommended in that article. Since one party deals in facts and the other primarily in emotionally charged beliefs, whose recommendation to follow is a clear choice.

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8 helpful · 2 not helpful
Neal Sidhwaney2020年9月26日
5

Extremely helpful, easy to read label for news wherever it shows up on the web. I like how it breaks down it's rating into easy-to-understand characteristics and integrates with aggregators and Facebook.

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5 helpful · 2 not helpful
Someone Else2020年8月27日
2

Why should we have to pay a subscription fee for this kind of service? So freaking dumb...this should be free.

Language en
2 helpful · 3 not helpful
Pat Reynolds2020年8月19日
5

Everyone knows their own go-to everyday news sources, but this extension really helps me out when it comes to specialty news sites, e.g. medical - I'm not a medical professional and without NewsGuard I would have to look harder to make sure a site is reputable. Indeed, NewsGuard has helped me find specialty news sources that I have added to my favorites because I know I can depend on them. And of course, as evidenced by all the one-star reviews, it helps filter out noise from the mean'n'nasty types too. Definitely maintaining my subscription.

Language en
5 helpful · 3 not helpful
Jon Major2020年8月17日
5

Does exactly what it says on the tin. If you favor more conservative news sources, it lets you know which ones are reputable, and which aren't. If you favor more liberal news sources, the exact same. Better, it tells you why certain news sources are scored the way they are, and cites specific examples to support those ratings.

Language en
6 helpful · 3 not helpful