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The National
UAE state-backed, Gulf state-aligned
The National is an English-language daily newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, owned through a chain that leads to a senior UAE royal. Its coverage broadly reflects Abu Dhabi's foreign-policy interests and self-censors on topics sensitive to the UAE government. On the Trump administration, its stance is mixed: the UAE has warm business and diplomatic ties with the Trump White House, so coverage is neither consistently critical nor consistently supportive.
Owned byInternational Media Investments (IMI), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC), owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE Vice President and half-brother of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
LeaningUAE state-backed, Gulf state-aligned
On the administrationmixed
5average bias score across 3 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun