Foreign Policy Journal – Bias and Credibility

History

Foreign Policy Journal (FPJ) was founded in 2008 by journalist and author Jeremy R. Hammond as a publication focused primarily on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.

Hammond ceased publishing Foreign Policy Journal in 2020. The website subsequently remained inactive for several years before resuming regular publication under different ownership around April 2026. The current About page identifies Hammond as the publication’s founder and “former FPJ owner.”

The relaunched publication differs substantially from the original, focusing primarily on U.S. politics, business, financial markets, energy, and general current affairs.

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Funded by / Ownership

The current owner of Foreign Policy Journal is not disclosed. The About and Contact pages provide no company name, owner, publisher, editor-in-chief, newsroom address, or identifiable management.

On July 5, 2026, FPJ announced that the entire publication had been listed for sale, describing the property as having established advertising infrastructure, Google News and Google Finance visibility, and millions of monthly impressions. The article did not identify the existing owner.

Revenue comes primarily from online advertising and commercial publishing opportunities. FPJ also solicits press releases and business announcements.

Analysis / Bias

The relaunched Foreign Policy Journal no longer resembles the conspiracy-oriented and strongly ideological publication previously reviewed by MBFC. Current political coverage includes criticism of both Democrats and Republicans, and we found no consistent left-right editorial position.

However, the current operation raises substantial concerns regarding sourcing, originality, and newsroom transparency.

For example, RTX Corporation Stock Underperforms Broader Market closely follows a Zacks Equity Research market report, reproducing the same trading figures, earnings estimates, valuation measures, Zacks rankings, and sequence of analysis without linking to or crediting Zacks.

Likewise, SoundHound AI Targets Healthcare Sector As A Major New Revenue Driver closely mirrors a Zacks analysis published the previous day, including the same contract details, customer expansions, financial figures, competing companies, and analytical structure, again without attribution.

Political content presents similar concerns. Progressive Senate Candidates Invoke Jesus Christ To Defend Left-Wing Policy Platforms substantially follows a Fox News Digital report published the same day, using the same three politicians, quotations, contextual details, and overall narrative without identifying Fox as the underlying source.

This directly conflicts with FPJ’s stated editorial policy, which claims that reporters verify information through reliable documents, direct sources, records, data, and interviews.

FPJ identifies writers including Timothy Mason, David Prior, and Ewan Scott as experienced staff journalists, but their author pages contain only brief biographies and no links to professional profiles, prior employers, social media accounts, or independently verifiable journalism histories. We could not independently substantiate their stated professional backgrounds.

The highly standardized writing, rapid publishing volume, generic author profiles, extensive rewriting of existing articles, and lack of primary-source hyperlinks are consistent with automated or AI-assisted content production. However, there is insufficient evidence to conclude definitively that the articles are AI-generated or that the named authors are fictitious.

Failed Fact Checks

• None to date under the current ownership. The former Jeremy Hammond-owned version of Foreign Policy Journal published conspiracy and pseudoscientific material. Those findings should not be attributed to the relaunched 2026 operation because ownership, staff, content, and editorial focus have materially changed.

Overall, we rate the relaunched Foreign Policy Journal Least Biased based on the absence of a consistent left-right political position. We rate it Mixed for factual reporting and Questionable due to undisclosed ownership, unverifiable staff credentials, extremely poor sourcing transparency, a lack of hyperlinks to underlying evidence, and multiple examples of articles closely rewriting previously published reporting without attribution. While the site’s production patterns are consistent with AI-assisted or automated rewriting, there is insufficient evidence to state definitively that its content is AI-generated. (D. Van Zandt 03/30/2018) Updated (09/01/2026)

Source: https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/