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 appealing 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 Thompson Citizen Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

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Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: Canada
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

The Thompson Citizen is an English-language newspaper in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. stalbertgazette.com is the online domain covering news, sports, business, and lifestyle.

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Funded by / Ownership

Glacier Media Group owns the Thompson Citizen. Revenue is derived through advertising and subscriptions.

Analysis / Bias

The Thompson Citizen publishes sports, weather, national, world, and local news for the greater St. Albert, Alberta region. Local news is reported factually and with minimal bias, such as this End of summer update: Street paving and water system renewal progress. The national news is typically republished from the Canadian Press, while world news is from the Associated Press.

Editorially, Thompson Citizen’s Op-eds favor the left with stories such as this Editorial: Symbols an important part of reconciliation, but not enough. The paper generally offers a moderately liberal perspective and reports news factually.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate the Thompson Citizen Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 09/14/2023)

Source: https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/