nbcnews.com
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
nbcnews.com achieved 44 out of 100 in a WCAG 2.2 accessibility review conducted on June 22, 2026, with several areas requiring attention. The review detected 14 distinct accessibility violations totalling 357 instances, including 72 critical, 277 serious, 8 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include links without accessible names (WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2), 112 instances; touch targets too small (WCAG 2.5.8), 97 instances; and invalid ARIA attribute values (WCAG 4.1.2), 29 instances. The assessment covered 10 pages across 88 unique page templates. The site relies on OneTrust as its consent management platform with Google Consent Mode v2, but does not implement IAB TCF v2.3. 940 third-party requests were detected from 26 vendors.
WCAG A
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Key Accessibility Issues
357 violations found across 14 rules — 72 critical, 277 serious, 8 moderate, 0 minor
Ensures links have discernible text (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2 · 112 instances found · How to fix →
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.5.8 · 97 instances found
Ensures all ARIA attributes have valid values
WCAG 4.1.2 · 29 instances found · How to fix →
Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color
WCAG 1.4.1 · 29 instances found
Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require parent roles are contained by them
WCAG 1.3.1 · 19 instances found
Ensure elements that have scrollable content are accessible by keyboard (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.1.1, 2.1.3 · 14 instances found
Ensures buttons have discernible text
WCAG 4.1.2 · 13 instances found
Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them
WCAG 1.3.1 · 11 instances found
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds
WCAG 1.4.3 · 8 instances found · How to fix →
Heading level skipped from <h1> to <h3>
WCAG 1.3.1 · 8 instances found · How to fix →
Cookie Consent & Compliance
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Third-Party Trackers
940 requests detected from 26 vendors — Amazon, Comcast, Criteo, DoubleVerify, Google...
Third-Party Trackers
940 requests detected from 26 vendors — Amazon, Comcast, Criteo, DoubleVerify, Google...
Analytics
259
Marketing
0
Necessary
36
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Advertising | script | config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com |
| Comcast | Advertising | script | mssl.fwmrm.net |
| Criteo | Advertising | script | gum.criteo.com |
| DoubleVerify | Advertising | script | vtrk.dv.tech |
| Advertising | script | ep1.adtrafficquality.google | |
| LiveRamp | Advertising | script | ats.rlcdn.com |
| LiveRamp | Advertising | script | geo.privacymanager.io |
| Magnite | Advertising | script | micro.rubiconproject.com |
| Microsoft | Advertising | script | ib.adnxs.com |
| Nova | Advertising | script | static.polarcdn.com |
| Nova | Advertising | script | polarcdn-engine.com |
| Nova | Advertising | script | polarcdn-terrax.com |
| Piano | Advertising | script | cdn.cxense.com |
| Taboola | Advertising | script | cdn.taboola.com |
| TrueAnthem | Advertising | script | tru.am |
| ZetaGlobal | Advertising | script | ak.sail-horizon.com |
| ZetaGlobal | Advertising | script | api.sail-personalize.com |
| Akamai | Analytics | script | s.go-mpulse.net |
| comScore | Analytics | script | sb.scorecardresearch.com |
| Conviva | Analytics | script | ipv4.ipv4.cws.conviva.com |
| Conviva | Analytics | script | efcad85fded269f462c434c4c5f84654a17d4a77.cws.conviva.com |
| Digioh | Analytics | script | www.lightboxcdn.com |
| Dynata | Analytics | script | tag.researchnow.com |
| Google LLC | Analytics | script | www.googletagmanager.com |
| JWP Connatix | Analytics | script | prd.jwpltx.com |
| Rokt | Analytics | script | jssdkcdns.mparticle.com |
| WordPress VIP | Analytics | script | experiments.parsely.com |
| JWP Connatix | Essential | script | ssl.p.jwpcdn.com |
| JWP Connatix | Essential | script | entitlements.jwplayer.com |
| Piano | Essential | script | experience.tinypass.com |
| Piano | Essential | script | c2.piano.io |
| Cloudflare Inc. | Necessary | script | cdnjs.cloudflare.com |
| OneTrust LLC | Necessary | script | cdn.cookielaw.org |
| Adobe | Other | pixel | nbcu.demdex.net |
| Adobe | Other | pixel | dpm.demdex.net |
| DoubleVerify | Other | script | pub.doubleverify.com |
| Other | script | pagead2.googlesyndication.com | |
| Other | script | ad.doubleclick.net | |
| Other | pixel | adservice.google.com | |
| LiveRamp | Other | script | c.tvpixel.com |
| OneTrust | Other | script | geolocation.onetrust.com |
Cookies
42 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 1 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
42 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 1 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
42
Necessary
0
Functional
2
Analytics
1
Marketing
0
Unknown
39
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | .nbcnews.com | Analytics | Google Analytics | 88 d | — | — | 1st |
| LANG | www.nbcnews.com | Functional | Language | Session | — | — | 1st |
| LANG_CHANGED | www.nbcnews.com | Functional | Language | Session | — | — | 1st |
| aam_uuid | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | — | — | 1st |
| adops_master_kvs | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 58 d | — | — | 1st |
| akaas_NBCNews | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 8 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| ak_bmsc | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | ✓ | 1st |
| AMCVS_A8AB776A5245B4220A490D44%40AdobeOrg | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| AMCV_A8AB776A5245B4220A490D44%40AdobeOrg | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| BI_UI_identityState | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| BI_UI_previousPage | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| BI_UI_referrer | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| bm_sv | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| cX_G | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| cX_P | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| fw_vcid2 | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | — | — | 1st |
| iter_id | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| ng_geolocation | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| OptanonConsent | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| prevVal_pn | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| sailthru_content | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| sailthru_pageviews | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| sailthru_visitor | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| s_cc | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| s_ecid | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| s_invisit | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| s_vnum | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | — | — | 1st |
| usprivacy | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| xbc | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| _dd_s | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| _dpm_id.1b16 | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _dpm_ses.1b16 | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _lr_geo_location | www.nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| _parsely_session | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| _parsely_visitor | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| _pcid | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _pctx | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| __eoi | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 178 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| __pat | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | — | — | 1st |
| __pvi | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| __tbc | .nbcnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
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