Outlet track record
New York Times (coverage of itself
U.S. center-left (liberal-leaning editorial page; news pages aim for traditional straight reporting)
The Times is owned by a public company that the Ochs-Sulzberger family controls through a dual-class share structure. It is funded mostly by subscriptions. Its editorial page leans center-left, and its news coverage of the second Trump administration has been broadly critical. The paper is also in direct legal disputes with the administration and with Trump personally.
Owned byThe New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a publicly traded firm controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family. As of March 2026, the family trust and a related entity held about 94.6% of Class B stock. Class B shares elect about 70% of the board and carry ten times the voting power of public Class A shares. A.G. Sulzberger is publisher and chairman.
LeaningU.S. center-left (liberal-leaning editorial page; news pages aim for traditional straight reporting)
On the administrationbroadly critical
6average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun