Daily Source Bias Check: Military Times

LEAST BIASED

These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes). The reporting is factual and usually sourced. These are the most credible media sources. See all Least Biased Sources.

Overall, we rate Military Times Least Biased based on balanced news reporting and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a clean fact check record.

Detailed Report

Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180

History

Founded in 1940, Military Times is a part of the Sightline Media Group, formerly known as the Army Times Publishing Company. Sightline Media Group also publishes The Military Times group, which comprises four bimonthly newspapers. These are: Army Times (founded 1940), Navy Times (founded 1951), Air Force Times (founded 1947), and Marine Corps Times. Please note that these are not US government publications. The Executive Editor of Military Times is Andrew Tilghman.

The Military Times provides news and information, daily newsletters, video content and podcasts to the U.S. military community.

Sightline Media Group, is based in Northern Virginia. Peter Lundquist is the president of Sightline Media Group and David Smith is the vice president and general manager for all of Sightline’s business brands, which are: Defense News, Federal Times and C4ISR & Networks.

Funded by / Ownership

The Military Times is owned by Sightline Media Group, which was formerly owned by Gannett Company, which is best known for its flagship national newspaper USA Today. Currently, Sightline Media Group is owned by Regent, L.P. Regent is a private equity firm based in Los Angeles/California. Military Times is funded through advertising and subscriptions to the 4 military publications under the Military Times umbrella.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Military Times covers military news and defense policy with the use of minimally loaded language such as this: Navy SEAL scheduled to plead guilty in strangling death of Army Green Beret staff sergeant and A West Point investigator died during an Army PT test. All information in articles is properly sourced to credible media outlets such as the Associated Press, Politico, Reuters, and .gov sites. In general, Military Times serves as a portal for news stories published on Army, Air Force and Marine Corps Times. Editorially, they are balanced with primarily centrist views, that slightly lean left on the issues of gender and lean right in their support of military strength. In general, Army Times covers military news with very low bias in reporting.

A factual search reveals they have not failed a fact check. In fact, they are used by IFCN fact checkers such as Politifact to verify claims.

Overall, we rate Military Times Least Biased based on balanced news reporting and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 11/6/2016) Updated (8/14/2019)

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com