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Christian Science Monitor

U.S. center (church-owned, straight-news style)

The Monitor is owned by the Christian Science church's publishing society, and the church also helps fund it. Independent bias raters generally place it near the center. Its coverage of the second Trump administration is mostly straight reporting on the Iran conflict, immigration enforcement, elections and defense spending, with an explanatory tone and few opinion-driven attacks or endorsements.

Owned byOwned by the Christian Science Publishing Society, the publishing arm of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. A three-person Board of Trustees runs it under the authority of the church's Board of Directors. Kurt Shillinger was named editor in October 2026.

LeaningU.S. center (church-owned, straight-news style)

On the administrationmostly neutral

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3.5average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 Gunmen Kill at Least Eight and Wound Dozens at a Funeral in a Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan's Karak
3 Syria's Post-Assad Assembly Seated With 137 of 140 Elected Seats Filled; Sweida's Three Remain Vacant
4 Justice Department Unseals Five Indictments Against CJNG Leaders and Announces Over $100 Million in Rewards
4 University of Michigan's July Preliminary Sentiment Rises as Gas Prices Ease; Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations Stay Elevated