Just The News

About Just The News's Bias Rating

Just The News is a news media 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.

Just the News Rated Lean Right in October 2023 Independent Review

An October 2023 Independent Review of Just The News returned an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.

At the time of review, an AllSides reviewer found the main form of bias present in Just The News' coverage to be story choice bias. Charged forms of bias like sensationalism appeared to be mostly absent from the site's content, which focuses on news coverage. However stories published by Just The News seemed to appeal more to readers on the right.

Just the News Rated Center in July 2020 Independent Review

Previously, in July 2020, an AllSides team member conducted an Independent Review and gave Just The News an initial rating of Center.

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

As of December 2023, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean right rating for Just The News. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.

Additional Information

Just The News is a news website that was founded in 2020 by journalist John Solomon. According to Wikipedia before founding Just The News, Solomon has worked for Associated Press, Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Times, and contributed to Fox News.

Just The News' "About Us" page reads:

"JusttheNews.com is committed to just reporting facts from journalists with a long record of public trust and excellence. In an era where opinion and supposition are too often substituted for fact and where journalists rush to get things first and hope their stories are correct, JusttheNews.com tries to stand out by returning to the bedrock promise of getting news first, but first getting it right. We try to deliver exclusive news you can trust."

It succintly distills its mission to three statements:  "Honest Journalism, Trusted Reporters," "Information Without Indoctrination," and "Rising Above Rhetoric."

According to its website, Just The News is based in Washington D.C. and owned by Bentley Media Group LLC., a company founded and owned by Solomon himself.

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