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Mountain Xpress
U.S. center-left (progressive alt-weekly, local Asheville focus)
Mountain Xpress is an independent, for-profit free weekly in Asheville, North Carolina. It is majority-owned by its founder, Jeff Fobes, and funded mainly by local advertising plus reader memberships. Its alt-weekly, progressive-leaning local coverage generally treats the second Trump administration critically. Most of that criticism appears in letters, quoted local officials and opinion rather than in dedicated national editorials.
Owned byPrivately and independently owned by Xpress Publishing Company, a for-profit local company. Founder and publisher Jeff Fobes is the majority owner. A few early backers, including the late Julian Price, supplied much of the start-up capital.
LeaningU.S. center-left (progressive alt-weekly, local Asheville focus)
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun