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The Baltimore Banner
U.S. center-left
The Baltimore Banner is an all-digital nonprofit news outlet owned by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit created and bankrolled by philanthropist Stewart W. Bainum Jr. It operates with a center-left orientation, drawing on a mix of subscriptions, advertising, and philanthropic support. Its coverage of the second Trump administration has focused heavily on the administration's effects on Maryland—immigration enforcement, sanctuary-city funding threats, and federal budget cuts—and has generally been critical in tone.
Owned byVenetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit founded and primarily funded by hotel entrepreneur Stewart W. Bainum Jr.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun