Outlet track record
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
U.S. right (hawkish, neoconservative-leaning national security think tank)
FDD is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tank funded by private donors, with no owner. It is hawkish on national security. It favors tough policies toward Iran and strong U.S.–Israel ties, and its work is generally aligned with the conservative foreign-policy camp. Its stance toward the current Trump administration is mixed. It tends to praise pressure on Iran and similar hard-line moves, but it is a policy shop that also criticizes specific decisions. I could not confirm details of its 2026 posture from my searches, so this rating rests on its general orientation and its record in the first Trump term.
Owned byIndependent nonprofit (501(c)(3)) think tank in Washington, D.C. It has no owner. It is run by a board and a leadership team that includes founder and president Clifford May and CEO Mark Dubowitz.
LeaningU.S. right (hawkish, neoconservative-leaning national security think tank)
On the administrationmixed
6.9average bias score across 7 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun