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- Overall, we rate Just the News moderately Right Biased based on story selection that mostly favors a conservative perspective. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a reasonable fact check record.
Detailed Report
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180
History
Founded in February 2020, by John Solomon, Just the News is a conservative website that reports on political news through podcasts, videos, and textual content. According to their about page, “JusttheNews.com is committed to just reporting facts from journalists with a long record of public trust and excellence.”
John Solomon serves as the Editor-in-Chief. Solomon was formerly a journalist with The Hill, leaving the paper in October 2019. Solomon’s reporting has been described as conspiratorial and pro-Trump. Other notable staff is Sharyl Attkisson, who is currently the host of the TV show Full Measure, and David Brody from CBN News.
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Funded by / Ownership
Just the News is owned by Bentley Media Group LLC. Revenue is derived through advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Just the News publishes videos, podcasts, and journalism from a conservative perspective. Articles and headlines typically do not utilize emotional language such as this: Trump campaign sues Wisconsin TV station for airing ‘defamatory’ ad. This story is appropriately sourced to the Washington Post and Priorities.org. Another properly sourced story that presents with little bias is this: Pentagon invokes Defense Production Act to make 40 million masks.
Editorially, Just the News does not label opinion content and actually they don’t produce op-eds, however, in examining story selection they routinely favor President Trump such as this: Trump campaign slaps New York Times with libel suit while reporting negatively on Democrats such as this: Cruz decries ‘dangerous’ Schumer threats against justices, seeks censure. In general, news reporting is factual and well-sourced with a moderately strong right-leaning bias.
Failed Fact Checks
It should be noted that John Solomon has been accused by others of promoting false conspiracy theories regarding the Biden’s and Ukraine, however as of this date, Just the News has not failed a fact check and therefore we base this review on that. If they do fail fact checks in the future, as this is a new website, we will update the source accordingly.
Overall, we rate Just the News moderately Right Biased based on story selection that mostly favors a conservative perspective. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a reasonable fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 4/13/2020) Updated (5/10/2020)
Source: https://justthenews.com/
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