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Capital Research Center

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How we determined this rating:

  • Independent Review
  • AllSides has medium confidence in this bias rating.

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Contents
  1. About Capital Research Center's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
  3. Details
  4. Confidence Level

About Capital Research Center's Bias Rating

Capital Research Center is a think tank / policy group source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.

What a "Lean Right" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum.

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Details

Capital Research Center has a Lean Right bias. Capital Research Center states its bias openly on its website, indicating a Lean Right or libertarian/conservative bias:
We do have a specific point of view. We believe in free markets, Constitutional government, and individual liberty. But facts are facts, and our journalists and researchers go where the facts lead them.

About Capital Research Center

Founded in 1984, Capital Research Center is a think tank that exists to "examine how foundations, charities, and other nonprofits spend money and get involved in politics and advocacy, often in ways that donors never intended and would find abhorrent," according to its website. CRC says it is "not afraid to take on the Washington Establishment—Republican, Democrat, or anyone else."

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Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of June 2026, AllSides has medium confidence in our Lean Right rating for Capital Research Center. An Editorial Review or Blind Bias Survey has affirmed this rating, or multiple reviews have returned differing results. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.