Which U.S. news outlets rank consistently near the center across Ad Fontes, Media Bias/Fact Check, and Pew Research?

1. What you asked vs. what the sources contain

You asked which U.S. outlets rank “consistently near the center” across three different fact‑checking/bias projects. None of the supplied links are to Ad Fontes or Media Bias/Fact Check datasets, nor to a Pew Research report that maps outlets onto a left–center–right axis for direct cross‑comparison (available sources do not mention Ad Fontes ratings; available sources do not mention Media Bias/Fact Check ratings; available sources do not mention a Pew three‑way comparison). The only source among those provided that explicitly documents a “center” label and its approach is AllSides, which defines and documents its methodology for center and other labels ^[3].

2. Where the data exists (but is missing here)

Independent projects that classify media bias — Ad Fontes, Media Bias/Fact Check, Pew Research Center, and AllSides — each use different methods and outputs. Your question requires combining their ratings. The supplied results include AllSides’ methodology page ^[3] and several traffic/popularity rankings (Similarweb/Press Gazette summaries) but do not include Ad Fontes or Media Bias/Fact Check pages or any Pew Center mapping that would allow cross‑referencing. Therefore, a definitive list of outlets “near the center across all three” cannot be produced from the provided material (available sources do not mention cross-listing).

3. What the available sources can support

From the supplied material we can say: AllSides explicitly uses a Center label and cautions that “Center does not mean better,” and that a Center outlet can still omit perspectives or run biased individual articles ^[3]. Press Gazette and Similarweb reporting identify the most-visited U.S. news websites in 2025 — examples named include The New York Times, Fox News, Yahoo, NBC News and USA Today — but those reports measure traffic, not ideological placement ^{[1] [2]}. Thus the available sources support two separate facts: (a) classification frameworks like AllSides exist and define “Center” explicitly ^[3], and (b) traffic rankings for major outlets exist but do not equate to ideological centering ^{[1] [2]}.

4. How different projects measure “center” — and why they disagree

AllSides relies on a mix of editorial reviews, crowd‑source feedback and third‑party data to assign labels and explicitly warns that “Center does not mean better” and that individual articles may deviate from an outlet’s average label ^[3]. Available sources do not describe Ad Fontes’ method, Media Bias/Fact Check’s method, or a Pew Research mapping in this dataset (available sources do not mention those methodologies). Because methodologies differ (audience surveys, content analysis, expert panels, algorithmic scoring), outlets can be labeled “center” by one project and not by another — but that substantive point is not documented in the provided links (available sources do not mention cross-method comparisons among those three projects).

5. Practical takeaway for readers seeking “center” outlets

Use multiple measures: consult an outlet’s independent bias rating (AllSides is one example in the supplied sources) and contrast that with empirical measures such as traffic and reach (Similarweb/Press Gazette reporting) — but recognize traffic tells you popularity, not neutrality ^{[3] [1] [2]}. Because the documents you provided lack the specific comparative datasets, any assertion that a particular outlet sits “consistently near the center across Ad Fontes, Media Bias/Fact Check, and Pew Research” cannot be supported here (available sources do not mention which outlets meet that three‑way test).

6. Next steps I can take for you

I can (a) fetch Ad Fontes, Media Bias/Fact Check, and the relevant Pew Research reports and then produce a cross‑referenced list; or (b) compile a shortlist of major outlets named in the traffic reports and check each against AllSides’ Center rating where available. Tell me which you prefer and I will retrieve the needed sources.