Centre-left
estimate · not a score
The Washington Post
🇺🇸US ·
newspaper · independent
· washingtonpost.com
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| Founded | 1877-12-06 no source on file — the date is not confirmed by us |
| Headquarters | One Franklin Square, 1301 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, United States no source on file |
| Funding | Privately owned by Nash Holdings LLC, Jeff Bezos's personal holding company, which acquired the paper from The Washington Post Company (Graham family) for $250 million cash; sale closed October 1, 2013. No state ownership or state funding identified. |
| Identity | Wikipedia |
Bias we have measured in their reporting
Accused's denial carried
the only report carrying the Marine's side — in 1 article
Actor named via accusation
the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat — in 1 article
Asserted, not attributed
a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline — in 1 article
Asserted or attributed
the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech — in 1 article
From 1237 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
5 misleading16 disputed46 unverified65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash Holdings LLC | company | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
| Jeff Bezos | person | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
| Nash Holdings | company | 100% | yes | equity | Oct. 1, 2013 | — |
Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.
Editorial control
Acting President and Chief Executive Officer
Named acting CEO/publisher of The Washington Post in February 2026 after publisher William Lewis's resignation; previously the paper's chief financial officer (from June 2025) and, before that, CEO of Tumblr (2017–Feb 2022).
Editor-in-Chief
Newsroom leader of The Washington Post since June 2024; previously editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal (2018–2023).
Journalists
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National Political Reporter · White House · Trump administration · Republican politics
National political reporter for The Washington Post covering Donald Trump and the MAGA political movement; contributed to The Post's 2025 Pulitzer Prize-winning Breaking News coverage.
Political Columnist · national politics · Congress
Political columnist at The Washington Post since 2010; previously covered Congress and the White House for Time and the Los Angeles Times.
White House Reporter · White House · health policy
White House reporter for The Washington Post; previously covered health policy; co-author of a New York Times bestseller on the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response.
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Covers
What we hold from them
Stories where they were checked and didn’t cover it
Fox News says 15 shot, Breitbart says 38 — one counted a park, the other a city
— read, nothing on this event
Trump says "No damage. No nothing"; Reuters says a US official reports aircraft hit in Jordan
— read, nothing on this event
MSNBC says Trump and Hegseth used 9/11 'to defend Iran war'; the Examiner's full text leads on 'We were all New Yorkers'
— read, nothing on this event
MSNBC calls Trump's $5,000 checks 'bogus'; the Washington Examiner says 'many Republicans' back them
— read, nothing on this event
Cruz's ESPN pitch: two reports call it the "Protect College Sports Act", Fox News calls it the "Save College Sports Act"
— read, nothing on this event
Iranian media say an "unidentified projectile"; the New York Times says Iran's own hard-liners
— read, nothing on this event