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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. center (consumer-service and rankings brand; news is wire-based and mainstream)

U.S. News & World Report is a privately held company owned by Mortimer Zuckerman. It is now best known for its consumer rankings, and its news and opinion operation is small by comparison. Its straight news coverage of the Trump administration is largely wire-based and neutral. Its opinion section has a center-left lean.

Owned byPrivately held by U.S. News & World Report, L.P., controlled by real estate developer and media proprietor Mortimer Zuckerman, who bought it in 1984. Eric Gertler is executive chairman and William Holiber is CEO. Ownership details were not re-verified for 2026 beyond reference sources.

LeaningU.S. center (consumer-service and rankings brand; news is wire-based and mainstream)

On the administrationmostly neutral

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3average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

5 Retail Sales Fell 0.6% in July; Consumer Sentiment Index Fell to 51.0 in Early August
3 West Health-Gallup Survey Reports 24% of U.S. Workers Stay in Jobs to Keep Health Insurance
2 CDC and FDA Investigate 12-Case E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Recalled Frozen Blueberries Sold at Publix
2 CDC and FDA Investigate Two Separate Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks Tied to Frozen Blueberries and Soft Cheese