Upward News is rated Right-Center with High factual reporting by Media Bias Fact Check.
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- Overall, we rate Upward News Right-Center Biased because its conservative story selection and analysis frequently favor right-leaning perspectives while occasionally challenging claims from the political right. We rate it High for factual reporting due to improved ownership transparency, strong sourcing standards, a public corrections policy, and a clean fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER (4.0)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (1.3)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Upward News is a U.S.-based conservative news and analysis website founded in 2020 by Ariel David, who serves as Founder and Editor-in-Chief. Brandon Goldman serves as Managing Editor, supported by a small team of U.S.-based writers. The publication describes itself as a daily news briefing for conservatives covering politics, policy, culture, media, technology, and international affairs.
Upward News states that its mission is to highlight stories it believes mainstream media outlets overlook or underreport while providing concise, heavily sourced reporting and analysis.
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Funded by / Ownership
Upward News is independently owned and operated by founder Ariel David. According to its Masthead and Ownership page, the publication is bootstrapped and has no corporate investors, billionaire donors, or political affiliations.
Revenue comes primarily from reader memberships, occasional sponsors, and programmatic advertising in its free newsletters. Upward News also discloses that it received a one-time grant in 2025 to fund a social-media manager who redistributed already-published content, stating that the grant carried no editorial conditions. The organization does not identify the grant provider, representing a minor remaining transparency gap.
Analysis / Bias
Upward News consistently demonstrates a conservative perspective through story selection, framing, and analysis, while generally maintaining stronger sourcing standards than many partisan outlets. The publication openly identifies itself as a news briefing for conservatives and frequently focuses on immigration, government power, progressive activism, media bias, cultural issues, and criticism of Democratic politicians and institutions.
For example, Inside the Insurgency Against ICE & America describes resistance to federal immigration enforcement as a coordinated and violent insurgency against the country’s democratically chosen direction. Likewise, Biden’s Arctic Frost Spying Much Larger Than Previously Thought uses strongly critical framing toward the Biden administration and former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
However, Upward News is not uniformly supportive of conservative figures. In The Epstein Myth Dies, Ariel David rejects broader Epstein and Pizzagate conspiracy narratives that he states he once believed, demonstrating a willingness to challenge claims popular within parts of the political right.
Factual standards are generally strong. Upward News publishes editorial guidelines requiring non-obvious factual claims to be linked to relevant sources, distinguishes analysis from opinion, and publicly commits to prominent corrections when errors occur. Articles routinely cite government documents, established news organizations, public records, polling, academic research, and direct statements. Strong conservative story selection and occasional loaded framing reduce balance but do not appear to produce a significant pattern of factual errors.
Failed Fact Checks
- None found from major fact-checking organizations.
Overall, we rate Upward News Right-Center Biased because its conservative story selection and analysis frequently favor right-leaning perspectives while occasionally challenging claims from the political right. We rate it High for factual reporting due to improved ownership transparency, strong sourcing standards, a public corrections policy, and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 11/20/2023) Updated (10/31/2026)
Source: https://upward.news/
Last Updated on November 1, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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