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Washington Free Beacon
U.S. right (conservative, Republican-aligned)
The Washington Free Beacon is a conservative, for-profit news site backed mainly by Republican donor Paul Singer, and its owners and backers have never been fully disclosed. It focuses on investigative reporting and opinion on Democrats, the left, universities, and foreign policy and national security. Its coverage generally favors the Trump administration's policies, though it is more hawkish on foreign policy than some Trump-aligned outlets. This posture is inferred from its general orientation; I did not review its coverage from 2026.
Owned byPrivately owned, for-profit company. It began in 2012 as a project of the nonprofit Center for American Freedom. Michael Goldfarb is chairman and Eliana Johnson is editor in chief. It has never fully disclosed its owners or backers.
LeaningU.S. right (conservative, Republican-aligned)
On the administrationbroadly supportive
7average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun