The Daily Wire

About The Daily Wire's Bias Rating

The Daily Wire is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Right.

What a "Right" Rating Means

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

The Daily Wire Rated Right in May 2022 Blind Bias Survey

On average, people across the political spectrum rated The Daily Wire as Right in the May 2022 AllSides Blind Bias Survey, confirming its rating at the time.

A total of 854 people from across the political spectrum rated the bias of The Daily Wire. The weighted average of responses was 4.95, on a scale from -9 to 9, which is in the Right category. The middle 50% of responses lied between 3.09 (Right) and 6.20 (Right).

On average, all respondents – regardless of self-reported bias or political party affiliation – perceived The Daily Wire as Right.

During a Blind Bias Survey, people from all sides of the political spectrum and a diverse array of ages and geographic locations rate the bias of content from a media outlet blindly, meaning all identifying branding information is removed. Sign up for a Blind Bias Survey here.

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As of September 2023, people have voted on the AllSides Media Bias Rating for The Daily Wire. On average, those who disagree with our rating think this source has a Lean Right bias.

As of September 2023, AllSides has high confidence in our Right rating for The Daily Wire. Two or more bias reviews have affirmed this rating or the source is transparent about bias.

Additional Information

The Daily Wire was founded in 2015 and is based in Nashville, TN. The website hosts several daily online news shows such as, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Andrew Klavan Show, The Matt Walsh Show, The Michael Knowles Show, The Comments Section with Brett Cooper, and Candece Owens. In addition to daily shows and articles, the Daily Wire has produced several movies and documentaries, such as, Matt Walsh's What is a Woman, and Candence Owen's The Greatest Lie Ever Sold. Their website also houses content from PragerU and Jordan Peterson.

Related: How Media Bias is a Business: HuffPost and Daily Wire

The about page of the Daily Wire says, "The Daily Wire does not claim to be without bias. We’re opinionated, we’re noisy, and we’re having a good time."

Related: Is the Daily Wire Fake News?

The Daily Wire has at times been accused of spreading misinformation. A 2021 Daily Wire article titled “Biden Administration Claims ‘Misinformation’ On Social Media Is Creating Vaccine Hesitancy. Here’s All The Times Democrats Made People Hesitant” inaccurately stated that California Gov. Gavin Newsom had implemented additional COVID-19 restrictions. Newsom and California had eased restrictions a month earlier. The site later made a correction.

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Owner: Bentkey Ventures, LLC

Note: Funding and ownership is not taken into account when determining AllSides Media Bias Ratings. While it's true ownership and financial interests can affect what goes to print, our bias ratings are determined by assessing the bias of content only. We provide financial and ownership information as an FYI to our readers.

The Daily Wire was created in 2015 by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. They received several million dollars of seed funding from Dan and Farris Wilks. In June 2020, Shapiro stepped down from his role as editor-in-chief, which he had held since the site's founding. John Bickley is the site's current editor-in-chief.

Financing and ownership information last updated April 21, 2023 If you think this information is out of date or needs to be updated, please contact us.