Batya Ungar-Sargon
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Batya Ungar-Sargon is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.
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We use multiple methods to analyze sources. Learn how we rate media bias.Batya Ungar-Sargon Rated Lean Right Following February 2026 Independent Review
In February 2026, two AllSides team members conducted independent reviews of Ungar-Sargon's commentary and assigned an initial rating of Lean Right.
Ungar-Sargon is a journalist, author, and television host who, as of 2026, hosts the show "Batya!" on NewsNation in September 2025 and posts frequently on Substack. Previously, she has held roles at or contributed regularly to Newsweek, The Forward, and The Free Press.
She has recently been known for covering media bias, foreign affairs, and working class America, among other topics. She has been described by The Free Press founder Bari Weiss as a "left-wing populist" and has described herself as a "MAGA lefty." She voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
In a 2024 Newsweek interview promoting her book, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Men and Women, according to Wikipedia, she "expressed support for limiting immigration to the United States, reducing welfare fraud, expanding vocational training, implementing a government-backed health care plan, eliminating degree requirements for jobs that do not necessitate them, banning software that filters applicants based on educational credentials, reforming zoning laws to increase urban density, expanding the child tax credit, and expanding tariffs on foreign goods."
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