The independent site Health News Review evaluated nearly 2000 health-related news articles since 2006, ranking their accuracy and usefulness according to these criteria: cost, benefits, harm, veracity, exaggeration, availability, and the source and conflicts of interest of the promoters:
Here are the rankings:
| Associated Press | 3.61 |
| NPR | 3.57 |
| Los Angeles Times | 3.51 |
| New York Times | 3.49 |
| Wall Street Journal | 3.4 |
| Reuters Health | 3.24 |
| CNN Health | 2.98 |
| US News | 2.97 |
| HealthDay | 2.9 |
| Time | 2.81 |
| WebMD | 2.77 |
| MSNBC | 2.38 |
I was surprised that AP did so well, and WebMD so poorly.