The Californian
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- Independent Review
- AllSides has low or initial confidence in this bias rating.
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The Californian is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Center.
What a "Center" Rating Means
Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Center either do not show much predictable media bias, display a balance of articles with left and right biases, or equally balance left and right perspectives.
Center doesn't mean better! A Center media bias rating does not necessarily mean a source is totally unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible,just as Left and Right don't necessarily mean extreme, wrong, unreasonable, or not credible. AllSides encourages people to read outlets across the political spectrum.
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The Californian has an AllSides media bias rating of Center.
The Californian, officialy known as The Salinas Californian, is a digital and print newspaper published in Salinas, California. Founded in 1871, the paper is part of the USA Today Network, owned by Gannett.
An independent review of the Californian conducted in May 2022 by AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter (Center bias) failed to notice a clear political bias one way or another in the paper's content.
Confidence Level
Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Center rating for The Californian. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.