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Sludge
U.S. progressive/left-leaning investigative nonprofit
Sludge is a small nonprofit newsroom that covers lobbying and money in politics. It is run by the Participatory Politics Foundation and funded mainly by readers and nonprofit-news grants. Its reporting leans progressive, but it also scrutinizes Democratic-aligned donors and groups. Its coverage is generally critical of corporate influence under the Trump administration, as under previous administrations.
Owned bySludge is a project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The foundation was founded by David Moore and Donny (Donald) Shaw, who also co-founded Sludge.
LeaningU.S. progressive/left-leaning investigative nonprofit
On the administrationbroadly critical
5average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun