Outlet track record
The Spokesman-Review
U.S. center-left
The Spokesman-Review is Spokane, Washington's dominant daily newspaper, owned for nearly 130 years by the Cowles family and currently transitioning to the nonprofit Comma Community Journalism Lab. Media bias trackers rate it as center to center-left, with high marks for factual accuracy. Its coverage of the Trump second term has been largely straightforward regional wire and local reporting, with story selection that at times highlights administration actions critically (e.g., immigration enforcement data, federal funding freezes, press restrictions).
Owned byTransitioning from the Cowles family (sole owners since 1894, four generations) to Comma Community Journalism Lab, a local nonprofit founded by executive editor Rob Curley; the Cowles Company announced the donation in April 2025 and the 90-day transfer period began in May 2026 after fundraising goals were met
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun