Outlet track record
NPR (AP-sourced)
U.S. center-left
NPR is a nonprofit public radio network governed by roughly 1,000 member stations across the U.S., most operated by universities or nonprofits. Independent bias assessments rate its online news content as center-left. Since January 2025, NPR has been broadly critical of the Trump administration and is engaged in active litigation against the White House over the administration's effort to eliminate federal public broadcasting funding.
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LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun