Outlet track record
The Philadelphia Inquirer
U.S. center-left
The Philadelphia Inquirer is owned through a nonprofit-anchored structure led by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, giving it independence from commercial shareholders. Its editorial voice is center-left, with a long record of endorsing Democratic candidates and progressive civic positions. Since January 2025, its editorial board has been consistently and sharply critical of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, economic policy, and governance.
Owned byOwned by The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, a for-profit Public Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, a nonprofit, holds the non-voting shares; a charitable Inquirer Trust holds the single voting share. Philanthropist H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest donated the paper to this structure in 2016.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun