Centre-left
estimate · not a score
The Atlantic
🇺🇸US ·
magazine · independent
· theatlantic.com
| Spectrum |
Left
Centre-left
Centre
Centre-right
Right
State / loyalist
An estimate, not a score.
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| Founded | 1857-11-01 — first issue of the magazine, published as The Atlantic Monthly · source |
| Headquarters | 600 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, D.C., United States · source |
| Funding | Subscription and advertising revenue. Majority interest held since July 2017 by Emerson Collective, a private LLC founded by Laurene Powell Jobs; David G. Bradley and Atlantic Media retained a minority stake. No state ownership or state funding identified in any source checked. |
| Reach | |
| In its own words | Describes itself as: "Its masthead page (headed "An Ongoing Tradition") presents the magazine's original November 1857 statement of purpose as still governing: "In Politics, The Atlantic will be the organ of no party or clique, but will honestly endeavor to be the exponent of what its conductors believe to be the American idea."." |
| Identity | Wikipedia |
Bias we have measured in their reporting
Asserted versus attributed
xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party — in 1 article
Asserted versus attributed
judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was — in 1 article
Asserted vs attributed
States a broken promise as fact, with no source. — in 1 article
Descriptor chosen
calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed — in 1 article
From 632 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
2 disputed6 unverified3 true
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
Ownership
| Holder | Type | Stake | Control | Instrument | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Collective | company | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
| David G. Bradley / Atlantic Media | person | not disclosed | — | equity | — | link |
Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.
Editorial control
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic since October 2016; previously a national correspondent covering the Middle East and national security.
Chief Executive Officer
CEO of The Atlantic since February 2021; previously editor-in-chief of Wired and editor of newyorker.com.
Chairman Emeritus
Former owner of Atlantic Media; sold majority interest in The Atlantic to Emerson Collective in 2017 and remains chairman emeritus and a minority owner.
Journalists
Staff Writer · politics
Staff writer at The Atlantic since 2020; historian and journalist writing on authoritarianism and Central and Eastern Europe.
Staff Writer · politics · technology
Staff writer at The Atlantic; writes on politics, technology, and culture.
Staff Writer · politics
Staff writer at The Atlantic covering national politics; author of a biography of Mitt Romney.
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