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OVERALL RATING:57 +, 7 -
    PBS scores a total of 57 Plus Points and 7 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
    This corresponds to a score of 84* resp. the grade A (very good).

    Grade Score
    very good A+ > 89
    A 89 - 84
    A- 83 - 79
    good B+ 78 - 74
    B 73 - 69
    B- 68 - 63
    satisfactory C+ 62 - 58
    C 57 - 53
    C- 52 - 47
    sufficient D+ 46 - 44
    D 43 - 40
    D- 39 - 37
    poor E+ 36 - 33
    E 32 - 30
    E- 29 - 26
    insufficient F < 26
    *: (57 + 5 BP) * 100 / (57 + 5 BP + 7 + 5 BP)

    The breakdown of the points follows below.
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  • Usher will headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas.

  • The NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced Usher's participation in the halftime festivities on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium.

  • The Grammy winner is excited to perform on the NFL's biggest stage.

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Taylor Swift stood next to Travis Kelce's mom during Sunday's pregame.
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  • After thrilling fans with sold-out concerts at GEHA Field this summer, Taylor Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.

  • This time, Swift was cheering on the Chiefs.

  • Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce confirmed on Thursday that he had been in contact with Swift.

  • Cameras caught her next to Kelce's mother, Donna.
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Taylor Swift sat in a suite with Donna Kelce while wearing a Chiefs ...
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  • During the broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs' game against the Chicago Bears, Taylor Swift was shown.

  • She was sitting in a suite next to Donna Kelce, the mother of Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce, and was cheering while wearing a red hoodie as the Chiefs prepared for kickoff.

  • The tight end mentioned his admiration for Swift in his podcast with his brother.

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  • Allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy are urging their Republican colleagues to drop hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown.

  • They are pleading with right-flank holdouts to resist further disruptions and support McCarthy's plan to keep the government open before the Sept. 30 deadline.

  • Republicans stress the importance of avoiding a government shutdown.

  • The focus now is on finding a stopgap measure to keep the government open for about a month while work continues.
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Rep. Andy Kim, who was first elected in 2018, says he feels compelled to run in the primary ...
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  • McCarthy joins the calls from many Democrats, including Congressional colleagues and state officials, for Menendez to resign.

  • Menendez was indicted on Friday after he and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, allegedly accepted over $600,000 in bribes from a group of New Jersey businessmen on behalf of interests in Egypt.

  • In response to the indictment and calls for him to resign, Menendez said 'he is not going anywhere,' going as far as to say that he is the victim of an active 'smear campaign.'

  • This is not the first time that Menendez has faced corruption charges.
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  • Activists attempt to access the route before the start

  • Disruption attempt before the 49th Berlin Marathon thwarted

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) applauded Biden’s trip — which labor experts ...
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  • Former President Trump criticizes Biden administration's electric vehicle policy, claiming that the president's 'ridiculous all-electric car hoax' is responsible for the United Auto Workers strike against major automakers.

  • Republicans attribute the strike to Biden administration's EV policy, stating that efforts to encourage electric vehicle production have displaced jobs from UAW strongholds in the Midwest and weakened the union.

  • The UAW shares similar concerns, citing EV policy as the main reason for not endorsing Biden's reelection campaign yet.

  • However, UAW President Shawn Fain stated that the union will never endorse Trump.
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Quick Glance: Ohio State showcases toughness after Notre Dame victory
  • Ryan Day responds to Lou Holtz's comments after the game against Notre Dame.

  • Day emphasizes Ohio State's physical strength and pride in representing Ohio.

  • The victory against Notre Dame is a significant achievement for the program and for Ohio State.
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson wrote in an op-ed that “too many Democrats insist on virtue ...
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  • In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, he criticized his former party for 'exacerbated crime and homelessness'. 'The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism,' Johnson wrote.

  • President Joe Biden won Dallas County by over 30 points in the 2020 election.

  • The Texas Democratic Party issued a scathing statement, accusing Johnson of being dishonest with Dallas voters.
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  • Rarely has a regular-season game received as much hype as Ohio State and Notre Dame's matchup on Saturday evening.

  • Criticism was directed at Notre Dame's coaching in the closing minutes.

  • Ohio State observers praised the Buckeyes' defense.

  • The Fighting Irish's significant lack of success against the Buckeyes was noted.
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  • The Chicago Bears are once again in a crisis situation, a familiar place for the McCaskey family.

  • Nothing darkens the mood of Chicagoans more than a poor-performing Bears team with an ineffective quarterback.

  • Justin Fields, the newest and most popular quarterback the organization has presented in decades, shows no progress at the start of his third season, raising questions about whether he will end up as another failure in the long list of Bears QB mistakes.

  • But now it is what Fields says, not what he does, that puts the Bears in crisis management mode and their fans in uproar.
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Pressure grows on Bob Menendez to resign from Senate after indictment: Menendez has refused to resign and said Friday he is "not going anywhere."
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Gen. Mark Milley, whose four-year tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ends with his retirement this month, will exit center stage as one of the ... Show more
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The Republican presidential candidate said he has "no interest" in becoming a senator ...
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Kaizer Chiefs coach Molefi Ntseki feels his side did more than enough to book their ...
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Quick Glance: Chiefs Coach Feels Robbed by Referee
  • Chiefs coach Ntseki believes his team did enough to reach the MTN8 final and that the controversial late penalty decision deprived Amakhosi of that outcome against Mamelodi Sundowns.

  • Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile scored a first-half brace, while Ashley Du Preez's penalty was just a consolation for the Glamour Boys.

  • Ntseki emphasizes that they should have been awarded a penalty and it would have resulted in a 2-2 draw.

  • Another major setback for Chiefs was conceding both goals in the first half.
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Scholz
“I don’t want Poland to simply wave asylum seekers through”
Quick Glance: Merz Offers Scholz Help in Refugee Policy
  • Merz urges Scholz for joint handling of the refugee crisis.

  • Merz holds Scholz personally accountable for resolving the refugee crisis.

  • Merz criticizes the Ampel coalition, similar to Söder's party speech.
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The New York Yankees have been eliminated from Postseason contention
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Post-ABC poll - Biden faces criticism on economy, immigration and age
Post-ABC poll
Biden faces criticism on economy, immigration and age
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Canadian autoworkers vote on tentative deal with Ford
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  • Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead serves as Maryland's 31st adjutant general and is the only Black woman leading a state military in the U.S.

  • When applying to colleges, Birckhead and her mother exhausted all options to cover her tuition.

  • A military career never crossed Birckhead's mind.

  • Her record proves her readiness to serve in the highest-ranking military position in the state of Maryland.
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Medallion status was never easy to attain for mere mortals. Now it's off ...
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Friend also injured by same animal during the Pobla de Farnals festival in the Valencia region.
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Man gored to death by bull at Spanish festival
Quick Glance: Fatal Bull Attack at Spanish Festival
  • A 61-year-old man was attacked by a bull during the festival in Pobla de Farnals in Valencia.

  • Deaths and injuries during bull-running events in Spain are common.

  • Hundreds of such events take place every year in Spain, where bulls are released on the streets and people run ahead of them.

  • Animal rights groups have long criticized the dangers for the public and the animals.
Journalism Awards21 +
Journalism prizes are awards for excellent journalistic work in the period covered by the call for entries, which is usually one or two years. Sources receive one plus point for each journalistic award won that we track. We currently track up to three prestigious awards per country.
Media Bias/Fact Check17 +, 3 -
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) is an American fact-checking website founded in 2015. It uses a 0-10 scale to rate sites on two areas: bias and factual accuracy. A source rated by MBFC with minimal bias gets 10 plus points. Maximum bias gets 10 minus points. The same principle applies to factual accuracy.
Ad Fontes Media17 +, 3 -
Ad Fontes Media, Inc. is a media watchdog organization based in Colorado that is best known for its Media Bias Chart, which ranks media sources based on political bias and reliability. We combine their ratings of individual articles and episodes to create a weighted average, with low-rated items increasingly weighted higher.
Wikipedia2 +
Wikipedia's reliability was often criticized in the 2000s but has improved over time; in the late 2010s and early 2020s, it was universally praised. Any positive mention of a source in the extract of a Wikipedia page in terms of credibility and quality gets a plus point, and vice versa.
Fact Checkers1 -
We primarily use fact-checkers affiliated with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). We have linked to the International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers' code of principles in the headline. For each failed fact-checker there is one minus point.
Press Council Rulings
Press councils are national institutions of media self-regulation. Press councils have their own defined press code. Reprimands are issued in the event of a violation of the press code (e.g. for truthfulness, diligence, sensationalism, separation of advertising and editorial, personal rights). For each reprimand issued by a national press council, a source receives one minus point.
  • There have been no press council rulings against the source to date.
Studies
Most scientific publications, though not all, rely on some form of peer review or editorial review to qualify texts for publication. Sources mentioned in studies which rate media quality and/or reliability receive between 10 plus and 10 minus points.
  • There are no evaluations of studies available to date.