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PressRank Benchmark

The Independent Benchmark for News Credibility

The same transcripts and captions run through every reader. Blind community votes decide the winners, and live ELO rankings keep them honest. No paid placement, no brand bias.

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"Statement from a channel you may follow — stripped of all branding, logos, and identity."
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"Another statement from a completely different outlet — can you tell which is which?"
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Top Performers Right Now

Ranked by community ELO across our core dimensions, updated continuously.

Factual Precision
Verifiable facts over rumors
1Reutersweb41.3
2BBC Newsyoutube38.9
3Voxyoutube37.8
Neutrality
Objective, non-loaded tone
1Reutersweb46.2
2India Todaytv42.9
3Al Jazeera Englishyoutube40.4
Sourcing
Specific, verifiable sources
1Al Jazeera Englishyoutube40.3
2BBC Newsyoutube36.8
Non-sensational
Least sensational phrasing
1The Lallantopyoutube41.9
2Reutersweb40.5
3BBC Newsyoutube36.4
See full leaderboard →How it works

Vote Blindly, Help Build the Benchmark

The statements you read are the only thing you see. Identity, branding, and graphics are completely stripped.

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We collect transcripts

Every day we harvest recent coverage programmatically via official platform APIs. We pull verbatim transcripts and captions. No manual user submissions, ensuring representative, unbiased sampling.

$ youtube-api fetch --recent-uploads > Fetching NDTV, Aaj Tak, Ravish Kumar... > Extracted 12 video transcripts. > Generating SHA-256 content-hashes. > Status: 100% Secure & Pinned.
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You vote blindly

You review a randomized slate of anonymous statements. Pick the statements that best satisfy the quality dimension (e.g., Neutrality). Brand identities and logos are never revealed to voters, keeping judgments completely unbiased.

Statement A (Factual)
"The agency confirmed 3,000 cases of vaccine distribution delays across five provinces."
Statement B (Speculative)
"Unsubstantiated reports point to complete structural failures in the distribution grid."
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Every vote refines the leaderboard

Your vote updates the latent ELO score of the underlying outlet. The leaderboard recalculates in real-time using Bayesian shrinkage, ensuring that small sample sizes don't skew the ratings.

OUTLETRATINGCONFIDENCE
Reuters41.3 ptsLive
BBC News38.9 ptsLive

Know the Contenders? Compare Them Named

Skip the blind arena when you want to compare specific outlets. Pick any two channels, overlay their radar charts, and review dimension-by-dimension deltas.

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  • Compare TV broadcasters head-to-head with digital creators.
  • Inspect statement-level details of each outlet side-by-side.
  • Confidence whiskers indicate rating data density.
ReutersvsDhruv Rathee
Factual Precision41.3 vs 43.0
Neutrality46.2 vs 46.0
Sourcing41.7 vs 43.3

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