Outlet track record
Jalopnik
U.S. center-left (automotive enthusiast outlet with a consumer and labor-friendly slant)
Jalopnik is a car-culture site owned by Static Media, a for-profit digital publisher. It focuses on cars rather than politics, but its commentary tends to lean left, especially on car safety, labor, transit, and consumer issues. Its recent coverage of Trump administration policy, especially auto tariffs, has been mostly critical and focuses on the costs to buyers, workers, and automakers.
Owned byStatic Media, an Indianapolis-based digital publisher. It bought Jalopnik from G/O Media, which agreed to the sale in October 2024; the deal closed in early 2025.
LeaningU.S. center-left (automotive enthusiast outlet with a consumer and labor-friendly slant)
On the administrationbroadly critical
7average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun