LEFT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate the Daily Yonder as Left-Center Biased based on editorial perspectives that align slightly with progressivism. With strong transparency, credible sourcing, and no record of failed fact checks, it earns a High Factual rating.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-2.3)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (0.7)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Daily Yonder is a national rural news publication launched by the nonprofit Center for Rural Strategies. It provides reporting, commentary, and analysis focused on rural communities across the United States. The site features a distributed newsroom with correspondents located throughout rural regions, emphasizing coverage gaps in national media.
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Funded By / Ownership
Daily Yonder is published by the Center for Rural Strategies, a nonprofit headquartered in Whitesburg, Kentucky. According to its donor transparency page, major support comes from philanthropic foundations, including the Acton Family Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Chorus Foundation, Hearst Foundations, Hearthland Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, LOR Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Scripps Howard Foundation, among others, in addition to small-reader donations. The editorial independence policy states that donors have no influence over content decisions.
Analysis / Bias
Daily Yonder’s coverage is rural-focused and grounded in mainstream data, academic research, and on-the-ground reporting. In “A Montana Hospital is Training Future Rural Providers,” the outlet emphasizes physician shortages, public health needs, and philanthropic support for rural medical residency programs.
In economic and environmental reporting, such as Carbon Credit Markets Help Rural Landowners Hold on to Their Land, the narrative highlights climate-market dynamics, landowner economics, and forest‐management science. The tone is pragmatic and avoids ideological language.
Coverage of immigration and civil liberties, like Neighbors Don’t Let ICE Arrest Their Neighbors Without a Warrant, adopts a rights-based, community-defense framing rooted in constitutional protections. The reporting prioritizes due-process concerns and the lived experience of rural Latino residents; while sympathetic, it remains fact-based and sourced through interviews, local data, and community organizers.
Across all sections, Daily Yonder favors expert input, demographic data, and rural-systems analysis. Its bias reflects social-policy centrism with a mild progressive lean on issues like immigration rights, healthcare access, and environmental policy. However, the publication avoids partisan rhetoric and consistently cites research and local reporting.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate the Daily Yonder as Left-Center Biased based on editorial perspectives that align slightly with progressivism. With strong transparency, credible sourcing, and no record of failed fact checks, it earns a High Factual rating. (D. Van Zandt 11/23/2025)
Source: https://dailyyonder.com/
Last Updated on November 23, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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