Politico
Politico is a United States-based political journalism organization covering government, elections, policy, and Washington politics. Known for detailed, fast-paced reporting on the workings of government, it operates online and in print and has expanded coverage to Europe and other regions.
Politico at a glance
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 2007
- Owner
- Axel Springer
- Published from
- Arlington, Virginia
- Website
- politico.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Politico
Crosswire groups Politico as Centrist for comparisons within the United States' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In the United States, The New York Times and CNN are listed as Left-leaning, while Fox News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Politico beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Politico sits in the United States' press
Politico was founded in 2007, is published from Arlington, Virginia and is owned by Axel Springer. It is one of 14 outlets tracked in the United States, and one of 3 digital-native outlets among them — the others being Vox and Axios. By outlets tracked, the United States ranks first of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 35 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Politico outside the United States, starting with North America, are Barbados Today (Barbados), Eyewitness News (Bahamas), Antigua News Room (Antigua & Barbuda) and Emonews (Dominica). Opening one of them beside Politico is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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