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The National (Opinion)
UAE state-aligned, center-right internationally
The National is an English-language newspaper published in Abu Dhabi and owned by a holding company controlled by a senior UAE royal family member. Its opinion and editorial content broadly reflects Abu Dhabi's governmental worldview and avoids criticism of the UAE's rulers or their allies. Because UAE-U.S. relations under the Trump administration have been close and commercially active, the paper's opinion coverage of the administration tends to be neutral to mildly favorable rather than adversarial.
Owned byInternational Media Investments (IMI), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC), privately owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE Vice President and half-brother of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
LeaningUAE state-aligned, center-right internationally
On the administrationmostly neutral
6average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun