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INDY Week
U.S. center-left / progressive (North Carolina Triangle alternative weekly)
INDY Week is a free alternative weekly for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. It is privately owned by Richard Meeker and has been run day to day by The Assembly since 2023. It has a progressive editorial outlook, and its coverage of the second Trump administration is generally critical. I did not find a specific review of its 2026 Trump coverage, so that stance rests on its progressive orientation.
Owned byPrivately owned by Richard Meeker, publisher of Willamette Week in Portland. He became sole owner after an earlier co-ownership with Mark Zusman. Since 2023, The Assembly, a North Carolina digital newsmagazine, has managed its business operations under an arrangement that could lead to it acquiring the paper. I could not confirm whether that acquisition has happened as of October 2026.
LeaningU.S. center-left / progressive (North Carolina Triangle alternative weekly)
On the administrationbroadly critical
4.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun