Outlet track record
The Free Press (Opinion)
U.S. center-right / heterodox, anti-'woke'
The Free Press is owned by Paramount Skydance and led by Bari Weiss. Its opinion pages lean center-right and are skeptical of progressive politics and legacy media. Coverage of the Trump administration is mixed. It sometimes criticizes Trump, but critics say much of its reporting and commentary is friendly to the administration.
Owned byOwned by Paramount Skydance (chaired and run by David Ellison), which bought it in October 2025. Co-founder Bari Weiss, who is also editor-in-chief of CBS News, still leads it. The deal reportedly valued it at about $150 million.
LeaningU.S. center-right / heterodox, anti-'woke'
On the administrationmixed
7average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun