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Defense News
U.S. defense-industry trade press, mainstream/center
Defense News is a trade publication on national security policy, military business and weapons technology. It is owned by Sightline Media Group, which is controlled by the private equity firm Regent. Its coverage of the Trump administration is largely straight reporting on budgets, procurement and policy, with little overt editorial opinion.
Owned bySightline Media Group, a subsidiary of Regent, L.P., a Los Angeles private equity firm controlled by investor Michael Reinstein. Regent bought it from TEGNA in 2016.
LeaningU.S. defense-industry trade press, mainstream/center
On the administrationmostly neutral
4average bias score across 3 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun