Bias
Lean Left
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The Independent
Liberal-left, digital-only British outlet.
Factuality
Mostly Factual
Ownership
Independent Digital News & Media
Funding
Advertising + membership
IdeologySocial liberal
What you're reading
nwsly rates The Independent as Social liberal, on the « Lean Left » axis. Factuality assessed as Mostly Factual.
Ownership & funding
Ownership: Independent Digital News & Media. Funding: Advertising + membership.
Where it lands
On the left–right axis, nwsly places The Independent at « Lean Left ». The ideology label — Social liberal — says which political family that is. The method is public.
Editorial signature
After going digital-only in 2016 under Evgeny Lebedev's ownership, The Independent built its reach on a US edition and the Independent Premium subscription tier, with Patrick Cockburn's Middle East dispatches and Sean O'Grady's Westminster sketches defining the masthead's voice. Editorial endorsements have swung from the Liberal Democrats in 2010 to Labour in 2017 and 2024, holding a liberal-internationalist line distinct from both Guardian-style social democracy and Times centrism.