Outlet track record
The Detroit News
U.S. center-right
The Detroit News is a 153-year-old Michigan daily now owned by USA TODAY Co. after its January 2026 acquisition from MediaNews Group. Editorially it has a long conservative tradition—it never endorsed a Democrat for president in its history—but it has also declined to back Donald Trump, withholding a presidential endorsement in both 2016 and 2024. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term is best characterized as mixed: broadly aligned with center-right economic concerns while maintaining a skeptical editorial posture toward Trump personally.
Owned byUSA TODAY Co. (formerly Gannett), which completed its acquisition from MediaNews Group (owned by Alden Global Capital) on January 31, 2026
LeaningU.S. center-right
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun