Outlet track record
Gulf News
UAE pro-government
Gulf News is a Dubai-based English-language daily owned by Al Nisr Publishing LLC, whose chairman simultaneously serves as a UAE government minister — a structural tie that critics say limits editorial independence. The paper consistently avoids criticism of UAE leadership and broadly reflects the UAE government's diplomatic and political outlook. Because the UAE has maintained warm ties with the Trump administration since 2025 — including large investment pledges and arms agreements — Gulf News coverage of U.S. affairs tends toward neutral-to-favorable rather than critical.
Owned byAl Nisr Publishing LLC, a private company chaired by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer (also UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs); other founding shareholders include the Al Rostamani family and Juma Al Majid
LeaningUAE pro-government
On the administrationmostly neutral
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun