The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., known for its political and investigative reporting. One of the most prominent newspapers in the United States, it covers national and international affairs in depth. Widely cited media-bias assessments place it left of center, most clearly in its editorial and opinion sections.
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Is The Washington Post left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
The Washington Post is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of the United States' press. In the United States, USA Today and NBC News are listed as Centrist, while Fox News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Washington Post beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read The Washington Post beside another title from the United States and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from the United States covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are The Washington Post's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The Washington Post is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from the United States on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.
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