What’s the point of NewsTrust if the sources that get most praise are the ones struggling to be trusted by the general public? On the frontpage I looked at, 80% of the featured stories came from the most mainstream of MSM (NyTimes, AP…). Is NewsTrust to become yet another self-justificatory institution of the liberal left?

From a technical/design pov, I found the site very disconcerting and it took me about 2 minutes to understand what to look at, even though I knew what it was about. The page could be a bit too messy. The only clean spot you eye is attracted to is the ‘Tools’ box, of which you really have no use if you’re a first-time visitor.

Similarly, navigation is a bit cumbersome, and they’re not using their database as much as they could. I couldn’t figure out a way to order stories according to the criteria reviews are based upon. Could be helpful for watchdogs (such as the sponsoring sunshine foundation) to look through the most biased articles, or for Jschools to look at the most well-written ones.