Outlet track record
ProPublica
U.S. left-center
ProPublica is an independent nonprofit investigative newsroom based in New York City, funded by a mix of large foundations and individual donors with no commercial owner or advertising revenue. Media watchdogs rate it left-center, reflecting a story selection that more consistently investigates conservative officials and policies than liberal ones. Its coverage of the second Trump administration has been heavily critical, with investigations into officials' financial conflicts of interest, immigration enforcement abuses, and rollbacks of health and environmental protections.
Owned byIndependent nonprofit (Pro Publica, Inc.), governed by a board of directors; no commercial owner. Co-founded in 2007 by Herbert and Marion Sandler, former co-CEOs of Golden West Financial Corporation, who provided the founding endowment.
LeaningU.S. left-center
On the administrationbroadly critical
5.8average bias score across 6 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun