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Reuters
Global wire service; center, straight-news style
Reuters is a global news agency owned by Thomson Reuters, which the Canadian Thomson family controls. It is funded mainly by selling news and data to media and business clients, not by ads or a political backer. Its coverage of the second Trump administration is largely factual and wire-style, and it does a good deal of investigative reporting that the administration may find unwelcome.
Owned byOwned by Thomson Reuters Corporation, a publicly traded company (Toronto and New York). The Thomson family's holding company, The Woodbridge Company, controls about 72% of its shares. The Reuters Founders Share Company holds a special share intended to protect the Reuters Trust Principles.
LeaningGlobal wire service; center, straight-news style
On the administrationmostly neutral
2.2average bias score across 263 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun