Outlet track record
MSNBC / Rachel Maddow Blog
U.S. left
MSNBC — rebranded as MS NOW in November 2025 — is now owned by Versant Media Group, a company that Comcast spun off in early 2026 along with other cable networks including CNBC and USA Network. The channel has a well-established progressive, left-leaning editorial orientation that emerged clearly by the mid-2000s. Its coverage of both of Donald Trump's administrations has been broadly critical, and MaddowBlog, the written companion to The Rachel Maddow Show produced by Steve Benen, reflects that same perspective.
Owned byVersant Media Group (publicly traded, Nasdaq: VSNT; spun off from Comcast January 5, 2026; formerly owned by NBCUniversal, a Comcast subsidiary)
LeaningU.S. left
On the administrationbroadly critical
8average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun