Outlet track record
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. right-center
The Wall Street Journal is owned by Dow Jones & Company, a subsidiary of News Corp under Murdoch family control. Its news reporting is generally rated center to center-right, while its editorial board takes a firmly conservative, free-market stance. During Trump's second term, the editorial board has published pointed criticism of his tariff policies and the Trump family's financial dealings, even as its broader orientation remains right-of-center.
Owned byDow Jones & Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp, controlled by Lachlan Murdoch (son of Rupert Murdoch, who stepped back from active control in 2023; succession formalized in a September 2025 family trust settlement)
LeaningU.S. right-center
On the administrationmixed
4average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun