Most-trusted media news sources of 2026

The Weather Channel is ranked #1.

(It finished #1 in 2022,2023, 2024 & 2025)

PBS is ranked #2.

The Wall Street Journal is ranked #3.

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The Weather Channel
+50
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
+26
The Wall Street Journal
+22
BBC
+20
The Associated Press
+20
ESPN
+19
Reuters
+19
Forbes
+18
National Public Radio (NPR)
+15
TIME Magazine
+15
The Financial Times
+14
ABC
+12
C-SPAN
+12
NBC
+12
USA Today
+12
The New York Times
+11
The Economist
+11
Bloomberg
+11
The Guardian
+8
Newsweek
+7
Business Insider
+7
Yahoo News
+4
Politico
+4
CBS
+4
CNBC
+3
The Washington Post
+3
CNN
+3
The New Yorker
+3
The Atlantic
+2
The Hill
+1
New York Post
+1
Axios
+0
The Los Angeles Times
+0

Negative Trustworthiness
ProPublica
−1
National Review
−2
Fox Business Channel
−3
Newsmax
−4
HuffPost
−4
The Washington Examiner
−5
People
−5
The Daily Beast
−5
MS NOW
−6
The Daily Caller
−8
Al Jazeera
−8
Comedy Central
−9
Fox News
−10
One America News (OAN)
−10
Breitbart News