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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
U.S. center-left
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser is Hawaii's largest and only major statewide daily newspaper, owned since March 2024 by Carpenter Media Group after it purchased the outlet's former Canadian parent, Black Press Media. Independent bias raters place it slightly left-of-center overall. Its editorial board has been broadly critical of Trump administration policies — particularly those seen as cutting federal funding or services that affect Hawaii.
Owned byCarpenter Media Group (managing operator), with Canadian financial partners Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. and Deans Knight Ltd.; acquired via stock purchase of Black Press Media in March 2024; operated locally through Oahu Publications Inc.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun