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East Oregonian
U.S. local/regional, community-focused; conservative-leaning region
The East Oregonian is a daily community newspaper based in Pendleton, Oregon, serving the rural Eastern Oregon region. It was independently family-owned for more than a century before being acquired in 2024 by Carpenter Media Group, a rapidly expanding private chain now owning over 250 outlets. Its coverage of the Trump administration is mixed, reflecting local economic impacts such as tariff harm to Eastern Oregon farmers alongside largely factual reporting on state-federal conflicts.
Owned byCarpenter Media Group (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), which acquired EO Media Group on November 1, 2024. EO Media Group was previously owned for four generations by the Aldrich and Forrester families.
LeaningU.S. local/regional, community-focused; conservative-leaning region
On the administrationmixed
1average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun