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Which sources have consistently pushed out the most credible information on COVID-19? The Factual's data science team analyzed 41,000 articles across 430 news sources to find the top 10 sources. https://blog.thefactual.com/top-rated-media-outlets-covid-19 (Thread)

The Top-Rated Media Outlets on COVID-19

U.S. media outlets publish over 1,500 articles a day on COVID-19, but whose coverage is the most credible?

https://blog.thefactual.com/top-rated-media-outlets-covid-19

#1 source: @SmithsonianMag (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 85.5% | Number of articles: 20 | Top article by @brigitkatz, https://bit.ly/2JVAR7a

Amid COVID-19 Closures, Egypt Sanitizes the Giza Pyramids

The country has shut down its museums and archaeological sites in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus

https://bit.ly/2JVAR7a

#2 source: @undarkmag (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 83.6% | Number of articles: 22 | Top article by @LJBeil, https://bit.ly/2xibauJ

In the American South, Covid-19 Could Find Fertile Ground

Beset by poorer health, limited health care access, and an abiding skepticism of government, the South may be in for a reckoning.

https://bit.ly/2xibauJ

#3 source: @arstechnica (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 82.3% | Number of articles: 37 | Top article by @BethMarieMole, https://bit.ly/2XrejmC

Florida bucks social distancing trend as COVID-19 cases skyrocket

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to reject the idea of state-wide actions.

https://bit.ly/2XrejmC

#4 source: @techreview (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 81.7% | Number of articles: 41 | Top article by @tanyabasu, https://bit.ly/2RpyOw0

Forget Zoom—children are using Facebook Messenger Kids to deal with coronavirus isolation

Cassie Wilson got a strange notification the other day on her phone from Facebook Messenger, informing her that her cousin had reached out. On its own, that wasn’t strange, but her cousin is 10 years...

https://bit.ly/2RpyOw0

#5 source: @Lawfareblog (Political Bias: Moderate Left) Average grade: 78.7% | Number of articles: 35 | Top article by @S_R_Anders and @MargLTaylor, https://bit.ly/3ekDKwi

Congress Needs a Coronavirus Failsafe—Before It’s Too Late

As more legislators become sick or are forced to quarantine, Congress needs to move fast to protect itself against a worst-case scenario.

https://bit.ly/3ekDKwi

#6 source: @Poynter (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 78.6% | Number of articles: 24 | Top article by @ctardaguila and @Sbenkelman, https://bit.ly/2VgKkLw

Coronavirus deniers are real, even if their message isn’t

This is Mar. 26, 2020 Factually's edition, a newsletter written by the International Fact-Checking Network and the American Press Association

https://bit.ly/2VgKkLw

#7 source: @ConversationUS (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 78.0% | Number of articles: 124 | Top article by @PaulaLars, https://bit.ly/2yQJ1vh

Anti-Asian racism during coronavirus: How the language of disease produces hate and violence

Fear of COVID-19 has sparked some to react with violent racism towards Asian Americans and Canadians. This is not the first time fear of disease has led to outbreaks of violent anti-Asian racism.

https://bit.ly/2yQJ1vh

#8 source: @gizmodo (Political Bias: Left) Average grade: 78.0% | Number of articles: 28 | Top article by @paleofuture, https://bit.ly/2XrdsCf

Teen Who Died of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn't Have Health Insurance

A 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles County who became the first teen believed to have died from complications with covid-19 in the U.S. was denied treatment at an urgent care clinic because he didn’t...

https://bit.ly/2XrdsCf

#9 source: @grist (Political Bias: Moderate Left) Average grade: 77.3% | Number of articles: 34 | Top article by: @emilypont, https://bit.ly/3aYKjCl

Democracy on hold: States are canceling public meetings amid coronavirus crisis

What’s lost when the public can’t show up in person to fight for their communities?

https://bit.ly/3aYKjCl

#10 source: @DefenseOne (Political Bias: Center) Average grade: 77.2% | Number of articles: 54 | Top article by @DefTechPat, https://bit.ly/2JWaePf

Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?

A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.

https://bit.ly/2JWaePf

Thank you to all of these authors and sources for producing highly credible information on COVID-19 at a time when we need it most.

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