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Border Belt Independent
U.S. local nonprofit news, no strong partisan lean (rural community and accountability focus)
The Border Belt Independent is a nonprofit online newsroom run by Border Belt Reporting Center, Inc. It covers four poor rural counties in southeastern North Carolina. It is funded mainly by foundation grants and donations. Its coverage is local and issue-focused, and I found no evidence of a consistent stance for or against the Trump administration.
Owned byOperated by the nonprofit Border Belt Reporting Center, Inc., a 501(c)(3). Founder Les High, a longtime editor and publisher of The News Reporter in Whiteville, N.C., is its interim editor.
LeaningU.S. local nonprofit news, no strong partisan lean (rural community and accountability focus)
On the administrationmostly neutral
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun