"... I'm sure there are volumes of regular people who would like to know that what they are reading is based on fact, rather then interpretation..." How would

"... I'm sure there are volumes of regular people who would like to know that what they are reading is based on fact, rather then interpretation..." How would a news ratings agency tell you that? The only thing ratings agencies tell you, is how the public voted on news agencies. (Or if the ratings agencies don't allow the public to vote, then the only thing they tell you is what THEY feel is "true".) Either way, they are no more worthy of our trust than the media outlets they purport to be "rating". It's EXTREMELY likely that they'll be just another cog in the machinery of professional manipulation campaigns. (For all we know, it's likely a professional manipulation campaign that wants to start the "ratings agency" in the first place.) That's just the reality of the world we live in right now. You just have to be skeptical of everything you see like that.