Sources and bias labels
These are the outlets we read. Each carries a bias label, based on the broad consensus of independent media-bias ratings, which we group into left (L, LC), centre (N) and right (RC, R). The labels describe an outlet's overall editorial lean, not any single article; our comparison of how each side tells a story comes from reading the articles themselves. Under each outlet is who owns it.
Public broadcaster: 6State-controlled: 4Listed company: 11Family-controlled: 15Individual owner: 7Private company: 22Trust or non-profit: 12Independent: 1
Left
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Daily Mirror UK L · 193/wk
Reach plc
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Grist US L · 4/wk
Grist
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Raw Story US L · 82/wk
Raw Story Media
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Rolling Stone US L · 10/wk
Penske Media
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ABC News US LC · 57/wk
Disney
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ABC News (Australia) Australia LC · 70/wk
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australian government)
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Al Jazeera Qatar LC · 154/wk
Al Jazeera Media Network (funded by the Qatari state)
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Ars Technica US LC · 45/wk
Condé Nast (Advance, Newhouse family)
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CBC News Canada LC · 20/wk
CBC/Radio-Canada (Canadian government)
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CBS News US LC · 167/wk
Paramount Skydance (Ellison family)
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IndieWire US LC · 26/wk
Penske Media
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Inside Climate News US LC · 8/wk
Inside Climate News
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Los Angeles Times US LC · 10/wk
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Meduza Latvia LC · 39/wk
Meduza (reader-funded)
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Metro UK LC · 56/wk
DMGT (Rothermere family)
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NBC News US LC · 74/wk
Comcast
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NPR US LC · 45/wk
NPR (member stations, donors and sponsors)
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Scientific American US LC · 13/wk
Springer Nature
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The A.V. Club US LC · 64/wk
Paste Media
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The Conversation UK LC · 32/wk
The Conversation Trust (funded by universities)
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The Guardian UK LC · 183/wk
Scott Trust
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The Hindu India LC · 35/wk
THG Publishing (Kasturi family)
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The Hollywood Reporter US LC · 81/wk
Penske Media
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The Independent UK LC · 210/wk
Evgeny Lebedev and Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel
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The Irish Times Ireland LC · 49/wk
The Irish Times Trust
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The Verge US LC · 40/wk
Vox Media
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Variety US LC · 96/wk
Penske Media
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Wired US LC · 43/wk
Condé Nast (Advance, Newhouse family)
Centre
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/Film US N · 30/wk
Static Media
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Anadolu Agency Turkey N · 128/wk
Anadolu Agency (Turkish state)
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BBC News UK N · 189/wk
BBC (funded by the licence fee)
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BNO News Netherlands N · 38/wk
BNO News (privately held)
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CNA Singapore N · 91/wk
Mediacorp (Temasek, Singapore government)
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Carbon Brief UK N · 1/wk
Carbon Brief (funded by the European Climate Foundation)
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Collider US N · 123/wk
Valnet
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Computerworld US N · 10/wk
Foundry (Blackstone)
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Deadline US N · 92/wk
Penske Media
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Den of Geek US N · 33/wk
Literally Media
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Deutsche Welle Germany N · 67/wk
Deutsche Welle (German federal government)
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Digital Spy UK N · 72/wk
Hearst (Hearst family)
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Evening Standard UK N · 140/wk
Evgeny Lebedev
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France 24 France N · 88/wk
France Médias Monde (French state)
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Geo News Pakistan N · 20/wk
Jang Group (Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman)
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Gulf News UAE N · 93/wk
Al Nisr Publishing
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Hindustan Times India N · 68/wk
HT Media (Birla family)
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KFF Health News US N · 8/wk
KFF
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New Scientist UK N · 24/wk
DMGT (Rothermere family)
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Newsweek US N · 244/wk
Dev Pragad and Johnathan Davis
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RFI France N · 17/wk
France Médias Monde (French state)
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Radio Times UK N · 83/wk
Immediate Media (Hubert Burda Media, Burda family)
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STAT US N · 28/wk
Boston Globe Media (John Henry)
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Screen Rant US N · 210/wk
Valnet
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South China Morning Post Hong Kong N · 112/wk
Alibaba Group
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TVLine US N · 38/wk
Penske Media
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TechCrunch US N · 66/wk
Yahoo (Apollo Global Management)
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The Media Line Israel N · 16/wk
The Media Line
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The National UAE N · 47/wk
International Media Investments (Abu Dhabi)
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The Times of India India N · 53/wk
Bennett, Coleman & Co (Jain family)
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ZDNET US N · 9/wk
Ziff Davis
Right
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Breitbart US R · 143/wk
Breitbart News Network (privately held)
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Daily Express UK R · 116/wk
Reach plc
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Daily Mail UK R · 258/wk
DMGT (Rothermere family)
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Fox News US R · 245/wk
Fox Corporation (Murdoch family)
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GB News UK R · 122/wk
Paul Marshall and Legatum
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Hot Air US R · 44/wk
Salem Media Group
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JNS Israel R · 47/wk
JNS
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New York Post US R · 205/wk
News Corp (Murdoch family)
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Washington Examiner US R · 177/wk
Philip Anschutz (Clarity Media Group)
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Arab News Saudi Arabia RC · 115/wk
Saudi Research and Media Group
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City A.M. UK RC · 85/wk
THG (Matthew Moulding)
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IJR US RC · 45/wk
IJR (privately held)
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Irish Independent Ireland RC · 289/wk
Mediahuis
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Just the News US RC · 75/wk
John Solomon
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National Post Canada RC · 20/wk
Postmedia Network
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Reason US RC · 67/wk
Reason Foundation
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The Jerusalem Post Israel RC · 53/wk
Eli Azur
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The Straits Times Singapore RC · 144/wk
SPH Media Trust (government-backed)
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The Telegraph UK RC · 9/wk
Axel Springer (Springer family and Mathias Döpfner; bought in 2026)