Outlet track record
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. center-left (editorial page); news coverage generally mainstream
The Post-Dispatch is owned by Lee Enterprises, which a billionaire local businessman, David Hoffmann, now chairs and largely controls. Its editorial page has long leaned center-left and has been sharply critical of Trump, though it no longer endorses candidates in general elections. Its editorial posture toward the second Trump administration appears mostly critical. I found no specific 2026 editorial on Trump in my searches, so this rests on the paper's record and its opinion-page orientation.
Owned byOwned by Lee Enterprises, an Iowa-based publicly traded newspaper chain. In early 2026, billionaire David Hoffmann (Hoffmann Family of Companies, St. Louis) invested $35 million in Lee, took a majority stake, and became chairman. Hoffmann's family is also buying KMOX and five other St. Louis radio stations.
LeaningU.S. center-left (editorial page); news coverage generally mainstream
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun