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Best and Worst USA News Media

Here are the best and worst news media outlets in the United States, as rated by Mondo Times members. The ratings use a scale of 1.00 (worst) to 5.00 (best).

Best USA News Media

1.  Turner Classic Movies (TCM)  (5.00)
2.  Harper's Magazine  (5.00)
3.  Scientific American Magazine  (5.00)
4.  YouTube  (5.00)
5.  ProPublica  (5.00)
6.  WNYC FM 93.9  (4.75)
7.  New York Review of Books Magazine  (4.72)
8.  New Yorker Magazine  (4.68)
9.  South Florida Sun-Sentinel  (4.67)
10.  Alpharetta-Roswell Herald  (4.67)
11.  Columbia Journalism Review Magazine  (4.67)
12.  CQ Magazine  (4.67)
13.  New England Journal of Medicine Magazine  (4.60)
14.  Kansas City Star  (4.60)
15.  Internet Movie Database (IMDb)  (4.57)
16.  C-SPAN 2  (4.54)
17.  Birmingham News (AL.com)  (4.50)
18.  Commentary Magazine  (4.50)
19.  News Letter Journal  (4.50)
20.  Alpinist Magazine  (4.50)
21.  Onion  (4.48)
22.  C-SPAN  (4.48)
23.  MIT Tech  (4.43)
24.  Kalamazoo Weekly  (4.43)
25.  Eugene Register-Guard  (4.40)
26.  National Public Radio (NPR)  (4.40)
27.  Foreign Affairs Magazine  (4.38)
28.  KGNU FM 88.5  (4.33)
29.  Tampa Bay Business Journal  (4.33)
30.  Ad Age Magazine  (4.33)
31.  WAND TV 17  (4.33)
32.  Wiscasset  (4.33)
33.  York Weekly  (4.33)
34.  Crain's New York Business  (4.33)
35.  WNET TV 13  (4.33)
36.  KLRU TV 18  (4.33)
37.  Tacoma News Tribune  (4.33)
38.  National Geographic Magazine  (4.33)
39.  WTOP FM 103.5  (4.33)
40.  Dwell Magazine  (4.33)
41.  KUVO FM 89.3  (4.33)
42.  Catholic New York  (4.33)
43.  Daily Clintonian  (4.33)
44.  WINS AM 1010  (4.33)
45.  Bethany Tribune  (4.33)
46.  Oklahoma Eagle  (4.33)
47.  Center for Public Integrity  (4.33)
48.  Editor & Publisher Magazine  (4.30)
49.  Fresno Bee  (4.25)
50.  WKMG TV 6  (4.25)

Worst USA News Media

1.  Ski Magazine  (1.00)
2.  Skiing Magazine  (1.00)
3.  People Magazine  (1.00)
4.  WOIO TV 19  (1.00)
5.  Cherokee Tribune  (1.00)
6.  WJXT TV 4  (1.14)
7.  CW Television Network  (1.20)
8.  Parade Magazine  (1.25)
9.  Facebook  (1.25)
10.  Daily Beast  (1.25)
11.  National Enquirer  (1.27)
12.  TV Guide Magazine  (1.33)
13.  QVC  (1.33)
14.  KTVT TV 11  (1.33)
15.  Times West Virginian  (1.33)
16.  Cookeville Herald-Citizen  (1.36)
17.  Daily Mining Gazette  (1.40)
18.  HLN  (1.44)
19.  WJBF TV 6  (1.67)
20.  Crawfordsville Journal Review  (1.67)
21.  Kokomo Tribune  (1.67)
22.  Pittsburg Morning Sun  (1.67)
23.  KTVO TV 3  (1.67)
24.  Paramount Network  (1.67)
25.  Aiken Standard  (1.67)
26.  San Angelo Standard Times  (1.67)
27.  San Marcos Daily Record  (1.67)
28.  Ashland Daily Press  (1.67)
29.  Fox Business Network  (1.70)
30.  Eastern Arizona Courier  (1.75)
31.  Durango Herald  (1.75)
32.  GQ Magazine  (1.75)
33.  Cody Enterprise  (1.75)
34.  Newsmax Magazine  (1.75)
35.  Ogdensburg Journal  (1.75)
36.  Fort Collins Coloradoan  (1.78)
37.  CNBC  (1.79)
38.  WOFL TV 35  (1.80)
39.  Cleveland Daily Banner  (1.80)
40.  MTV  (1.83)
41.  WBFF TV 45  (1.90)
42.  EWTN Radio  (2.00)
43.  E! Entertainment Television  (2.00)
44.  KTTV TV 11  (2.00)
45.  Widescreen Review Magazine  (2.00)
46.  WSVN TV 7  (2.00)
47.  WALB TV 10  (2.00)
48.  WRDW TV 12  (2.00)
49.  WISH TV 8  (2.00)
50.  Oskaloosa Herald  (2.00)


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