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Missouri Independent
U.S. left-leaning
The Missouri Independent is a nonprofit digital news outlet owned and fiscally sponsored by States Newsroom, a national network of state-focused newsrooms with ties to left-leaning donors. It concentrates on Missouri state government, politics, and policy, and is rated 'Lean Left' by AllSides and 'Left Bias' by Media Bias/Fact Check, though it is also rated high for factual accuracy. Its coverage of the second Trump administration has focused on the effects of federal budget and staffing cuts and White House pressure on Missouri redistricting, with a consistently critical framing.
Owned byStates Newsroom, a national nonprofit news network
LeaningU.S. left-leaning
On the administrationbroadly critical
5.7average bias score across 3 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun