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Consumer Reports
U.S. consumer-advocacy nonprofit (center-left on policy)
Consumer Reports is an independent nonprofit funded mainly by its members' subscriptions, not by advertising. It tests products and also lobbies on consumer-protection issues, and those policy positions tend to lean center-left. Its advocacy has generally opposed the Trump administration's rollbacks of consumer-protection agencies and regulations, while its product testing and ratings stay apolitical.
Owned byOwned by Consumer Reports, Inc., an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit (formerly Consumers Union). It has no parent company or private owner. A small 501(c)(4) arm, Consumers Union Action Fund, handles some lobbying.
LeaningU.S. consumer-advocacy nonprofit (center-left on policy)
On the administrationbroadly critical
4average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun