newsguardrealitycheck.com

https://newsguardrealitycheck.com· First analyzed 14 May 2026· Updated 14 May 2026

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Hosting Provider

Cloudflare

cloudflare.com

IP Address

172.66.166.73

Site Location

🇨🇦 Canadavia ip

Server Location

🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada

ASN

AS13335

Organization

Cloudflare, Inc.

Server

Cloudflare

CDN

Cloudflare

WAF

Cloudflare

Nameservers

dylan.ns.cloudflare.com.romina.ns.cloudflare.com.

Performance

100

Core Web Vitals

Weight

First Contentful Paint

172 ms10%

Speed Index

224 ms10%

Largest Contentful Paint

—25%

Total Blocking Time

0.0 ms30%

Cumulative Layout Shift

0.00025%

51 KB

166 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadWebPResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

Substack

Technology Stack

4 Technologies Detected

CSS Frameworks

CDN

Frameworks

Analytics

SEO Analysis

B71/100

Meta Tags10/15

Content8/12

Headings5/8

Technical18/25

E-E-A-T5/7

Images4/7

Links5/5

URL5/5

Social5/5

Freshness2/4

Mobile1/4

Indexability3/3

newsguardrealitycheck.comnewsguardrealitycheck.com

NewsGuard's Reality Check | Substack

A report on how false claims online are undermining trust — and who’s behind them. Produced by co-CEOs Steven Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and the NewsGuard Team. ...

Description truncated.

Title Length36 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars (~220px / 580px)

Description Length259 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (1)

• Most images missing alt text (18/26) — critical for accessibility and SEO

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Crawlability

Sitemap

robots.txt

49 rules

Sitemap reference found

Allows all crawlers

Local SEO

Local Search Readiness

7/100

Poor

2 14 1

This site doesn't appear to be a local business. Local SEO signals are optional for non-local websites.

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AI & LLM Readiness

D45/100

Bot Access

15/25

Machine Read.

10/25

Schema Data

6/25

Citation

14/25

AI Bot Access

6/14 accessible

AI Search

OAI-SearchBot

PerplexityBot

Claude-SearchBot

Gemini-Deep-Research

DuckAssistBot

Training

GPTBot

ClaudeBot

Google-Extended

Meta-ExternalAgent

Bytespiderinfo

Amazonbot

Applebot-Extended

CCBotinfo

Fetch

ChatGPT-User

Machine Readability

llms.txt

llms-full.txt

Semantic HTML

Heading Hierarchy

Text ratio:1%

Words:645

Token eff.:Optimal

Structured Data

1 JSON-LD

Organization×1.1WebSiteSearchAction

Citation Readiness

Opening Summary

Descriptive Headingsavg 2.5w

Canonical URL

Open Graph3/3

Twitter Card3/3

Language Tag

Publish Date

Author Info

Lists

Tables

TL;DR / Summary

About Page Link

Recommendations (8)

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Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 Compliance

Evaluates how accessible your website is for users with disabilities, based on WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Checks images, forms, keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, and color contrast.

67/100

Passed

Critical

Warnings

Images & Alt Text

18/20

Checks if images have descriptive alt text for screen readers and visually impaired users.

Semantic Structure

11/20

Evaluates proper use of HTML5 semantic elements (header, nav, main, footer) and heading hierarchy.

Forms & Inputs

10/15

Verifies form fields have labels, error messages are clear, and inputs are properly associated.

Color & Contrast

15/15

Tests text-to-background color contrast ratios against WCAG AA/AAA minimum requirements.

Keyboard & Focus

9/15

Ensures all interactive elements are reachable and operable via keyboard (tab, enter, escape).

ARIA & Roles

4/15

Checks correct use of WAI-ARIA attributes (roles, states, properties) for assistive technologies.

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Carbon Footprint

SWDM v4 · Eco-Score

Carbon emissions estimated using the Sustainable Web Design Model v4 (SWDM v4). Factors in data center, network, and device energy across new and returning visitors. Grade thresholds based on HTTP Archive percentiles.

81/100

A+

5 mg

CO₂e / view

51.0 KB

Page Weight

95%

Cleaner Than

New Visitor

6 mg

Returning (cached)

3 mg

Annual (10K/mo)

624 g

Emission Segments

Data Center

<0.001 g

Network

2 mg

Device

3 mg

Resource Breakdown

HTML

50.6 KB

Other

428 B

Green Hosting Verified

Cloudflare

GWF Verified

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Security Score

61%Fair

Interactive

HTTPS

WAF

66d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Google Trust Services

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

ECDSA with SHA-256

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

21.04.2026

Valid Until

20.07.2026

OCSP Stapling

Enabled

Subject Alternative Names (1)

www.newsguardrealitycheck.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

C6:C4:B9:89:23:07:57:5A:6D:FD:E2:3E:46:ED:67:5F:77:C3:FD:2F...

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

alt-svc

h3=":443"; ma=86400

cache-control

🔴 No Cache(no-cache)

cf-cache-status

DYNAMIC

cf-ray🇦🇹 Vienna

9fb9889b49a99ce0-VIE

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-security-policy

frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.substack.com https://substa...

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Custom Mail Server

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

MX Records (5)

eforward4.registrar-servers.com

eforward2.registrar-servers.com

eforward5.registrar-servers.com

eforward3.registrar-servers.com

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Domain Information

newsguardrealitycheck.com

Domain Age

2y 2m

Created

04.03.2024

Expires

04.03.2027

Last Updated

02.02.2026

Registrar

NameCheap, Inc.

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Cookie Consent Banner

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected

Data Protection Officer mentioned

Mobile Compatibility

Viewport & Responsive Test

Tests how well your website works on mobile devices. Checks viewport configuration, responsive layout, touch targets, font readability, and simulates rendering across different screen sizes.

67/100

Mobile Friendly1 breakpoint

Viewport Meta

The viewport meta tag tells mobile browsers how to scale the page. Without it, mobile devices render at desktop width.

Responsive Design

Uses CSS media queries or flexible layouts to adapt content to different screen sizes automatically.

Touch Icons

Apple touch icons and favicons displayed when users add the site to their home screen on mobile devices.

Readable Font Size

Base font size should be at least 16px on mobile to ensure text is readable without zooming.

Relative Units

Using em, rem, %, or vw instead of fixed px values allows content to scale properly across screen sizes.

No H-Scroll Risk

No elements wider than the viewport that would cause horizontal scrolling on mobile devices.

Tap Targets OK

Interactive elements (buttons, links) are at least 48x48px with enough spacing to prevent accidental taps.

No Fixed Widths

No elements with fixed pixel widths that could overflow on smaller screens and break the layout.

Viewport

width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0, viewport-fit=cover

2 recommendations

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Typography & Readability

SF Pro Display

WCAG Partial

64/100

Readability

/30

19/30

19px · LH --

Hierarchy

/20

12/20

1.26x ratio

WCAG

/25

17/25

3.6:1 min contrast

Performance

/25

16/25

1 font

Heading Font

SF Pro Display

Sans24px

Body Font

SF Pro Display

Sans19px

Contrast Ratio

3.6:1

4 issues

Reading Comfort

Single Font Family

left aligned

24px

Minor Second

Scale

✅ Excellent readability: 19px body text is ideal for all devices.

⚠️ Hard to read: Flesch score 40/100. Simplify sentences for wider reach.

⚠️ Partial contrast: 4 elements below WCAG AA threshold (min 3.6:1).

⚠️ Minor heading issue: 1 level skip(s) detected. Maintain sequential order for screen readers.

⚠️ Weak hierarchy: Headlines should be ≥2x body size for clear visual structure.

✅ Lean font stack: 1 font families keeps load times fast.

Buy on MyFontsFlesch 40

Color Palette

6 unique colors

Light

#ffffff

Primary· 64.8%

#3c5acd

Primary· 6.4%

#9da6b5

Secondary· 3.8%

#3a3f72

Secondary· 3.5%

Business & Marketing Stack

1 Tools Detected

Growing

Behavior Analytics

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

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Scripts & Styles

30 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

substackcdn.com(19)js.sentry-cdn.com(1)

Website Identity

NewsGuard's Reality Check

A report on how false claims online are undermining trust — and who’s behind them. Produced by co-CEOs Steven Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and the NewsGuard Team.

www.newsguardrealitycheck.com

2 years old

Location detected: 🇨🇦 Canadavia ip

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Social Profiles

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Last analyzed: 14 May 2026 at 11:24

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