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MSNBC (Opinion)

U.S. center-left to left (progressive opinion programming)

MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is a cable news channel owned by Versant, a publicly traded company that Comcast spun off in January 2026. Its prime-time and opinion programming leans center-left to progressive. Its coverage of the second Trump administration is mostly critical.

Owned byVersant Media Group, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: VSNT). Comcast spun it off from NBCUniversal on January 2, 2026. Versant also owns CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY and Oxygen. MS NOW is no longer part of NBC News, which stayed with Comcast.

LeaningU.S. center-left to left (progressive opinion programming)

On the administrationbroadly critical

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7average bias score across 5 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

7 U.S. Average Diesel Price Reaches $6.06 a Gallon on Sept. 11, a Nominal Record; California Averages $7.98
7 Wyoming Governor Asks State Attorney General to Review DOJ Monitors' Conduct at Aug. 18 Primary
6 House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards; He Ends Reelection Bid
7 Romania Expels Russian Embassy Official After Four Drone Incursions in Four Days
8 ICE Raises Daily Arrest Target to About 2,000, Detaining Roughly 10,000 Over Five Days After White House Push