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Michael Brendan Dougherty

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Contents
  1. About Michael Brendan Dougherty's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
  3. Details
  4. Confidence Level

About Michael Brendan Dougherty's Bias Rating

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a author 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

Michael Brendan Dougherty is senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is the founder and editor of The Slurve, a newsletter about baseball. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Slate and The American Conservative.

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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 low or initial confidence in our Lean Right rating for Michael Brendan Dougherty. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.