Fact-Checking New York News With NewsTrust

Last July, the Huffington Post teamed up with Newstrust, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization devoted towards rating news quality, in order to test the quality of reporting in Pakistan. The Pakistan NewsHunt engaged readers and professional journalists alike in finding the best news outlets for quality journalism.

Today, the NewsHunt comes to New York. In partnership with HuffPost New York and City Limits, Newstrust is looking deeply into local coverage on the financial crisis. Everyone can help by first signing up on NewsTrust's website.

Everyone can help, and getting involved in the NewsHunt is easy and fun -- and you can contribute your expertise in just minutes, by reviewing stories on NewsHunt's New York City page. As you review these stories, you will learn more about important local issues, and you will become more aware of the quality of the news you consume. Based on the collective ratings Newstrust will blog about the results on Wednesday, April 7th as well as feature the best (and the worst) local news coverage.

It's worth noting that each day holds a different focus. Here's a day-by-day schedule for the week:

• Monday: Major Dailies/Wires
• Tuesday: Magazines/Independents
• Wednesday: TV/Radio
• Thursday: Online/Blogs
• Friday: Hyperlocal/Boroughs
• Saturday: Bad Journalism

Read more at NewsTrust's blog and at the New York NewsHunt landing page.

Comments

[amberdru]

01:11 AM on 04/01/2010

I know the quality I'm not getting.
When it comes to illegal immigration it is completely one sided.
From LARAZA's mouth straight to press; Rarely an opposing view.
All the local news - TV, radio, paper is one sided.

Anyone can do this test: next news show or article just count how many favorable illegal alien assumptions are made and not even questioned ( like Americans don't work in food service, or any other number of low wage jobs), massive immigration is good (no support at all) all the people interviewed or referenced are all pro illegal alien amnesty.

[david conrad]

02:00 PM on 03/31/2010

Fox is the ONLY national news channel that gets it right. It doesn't matter how long you braindead libs whine about that or lie about it. It is proven fact. Dan Rather is the posterchild of the BS you tripe eaters spew; Lies and easily disputed sewage, that's all you people know...

[AliveInNYC]

08:19 AM on 04/05/2010

HAHAHAHAHA, that's a good one, Fox is the only channel that gets it right...what's that? you're serious?

I can only laugh at the irony of someone who uses fox as their primary new source referring to others as braindead. If you can't to anything better than call people names, please leave the intelligent conversations to the grown-up.

[youngvictoria]

07:34 PM on 03/30/2010

The news is thoroughly and completely manipulated, and censored.

[Samad Kachal]

03:08 PM on 03/30/2010

Wolf Blitzer is the only news man I trust.

[feed the enemy]

02:49 PM on 03/30/2010

The real news in on Comedy Central.

[DawnLI]

11:58 PM on 04/04/2010

I second that!

[luvangelHussein330]

02:22 PM on 03/30/2010

Everyone has an agenda, so you have to take all news with a grain of salt keepng in mind who is giving the news and how they benefit off your interpretation of it.

[x2zero]

02:00 PM on 03/30/2010

HuffPost rating news quality? You're 2 days early

[Chazmania]

02:00 PM on 03/30/2010

There is no more real news! its all propaganda now or salaciousness for ratings!
the real news is hear! viewer supported network uncorrectable!

http://therealnews.com/t2/

[Louis Leo IV]

01:46 PM on 03/30/2010

"Turn off the TV news. Visit the emerging, independent news agencies on Internet for your information. CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX and all the others, present all news, pre-filtered to maintain the status quo. With 4 corporations owning all major media outlets, objective information is impossible. This is the true beauty of the Internet and the establishment has been losing control because of this free flow of information. We must protect the Internet at all times, as it is truly our savior right now."

http://iv-time.blogspot.com/2010/03/free-your-mind-watch-zeitgeist-2.html

[Chazmania]

02:02 PM on 03/30/2010

thanks Louis!
more people need to watch and be involved with the zight geist movement!
it is outr only hope to stem the tide of the cumming oligarch and banking Mafia serfdom.

[SpoonieLuv]

11:24 AM on 03/30/2010

"•Saturday: Bad Journalism"

Just like Vanessa Williams, you guys are saving the best for last. Looking forward to reading about what you find.