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Overall, we rate World Tribune a Questionable source based on far right bias (propaganda), and poor sourcing and misleading science, as well as a lack of ownership transparency.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Rejection of Science, Lack of Transparency, Some Fake News. Country: USA World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
World Tribune is an American news outlet that focuses on international news and geopolitics. According to their about page “World Tribune.com is an online international newspaper that publishes daily (Sunday-Friday). The focus is geopolitics and the political-cultural war of ideas. The mission is to provide leadership-minded readers everywhere with need-to-know reports missed by “mainstream” corporate media.” They further state that their content partners are the following, all of which we rate either right biased or questionable:
We could not find a listing for the editor of this website.
Funded by / Ownership
World Tribune claims ownership is East West Services, Inc., however the closest we can find is a building service in San Jose, California. We also found a Linked In account that may be closer to the truth. Revenue appears to be derived from advertising.
Overall, we rate World Tribune a Questionable source based on far right bias (propaganda), and poor sourcing and misleading science, as well as a lack of ownership transparency. (D. Van Zandt 4/29/2017) Updated (4/16/2019)
