Many people on both sides of the political ideology aisle criticize contemporary media companies for a whole host of offenses. To try to compare different media outlets around the world on their level of transparency (how openly their disclose their ownership, conflicts of interest, editorial policies, openness to criticism and complaints, etc.), the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland has just released the results of their study.

As the results, show, the Guardian (UK) and the New York Times are at the top, followed by the BBC, CBS, the Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. Personally, I wasn’t surprised to see Fox News near the bottom, but I was a little surprised to see ABC and The Economist to be near the bottom as well, as I’ve generally respected the reporting of both of these outlets. I guess I should be a little more wary from now on.