The Times

What you're reading

nwsly rates The Times as Liberal conservative, on the « Lean Right » axis. Factuality assessed as High.

Ownership & funding

Ownership: News UK (News Corp). Funding: Subscription.

Where it lands

On the left–right axis, nwsly places The Times at « Lean Right ». The ideology label — Liberal conservative — says which political family that is. The method is public.

Editorial signature

Founded in 1785 and owned by News UK since the Murdoch acquisition of Times Newspapers in 1981, the paper is bound by the Thomson undertakings that formally separate the editor's news decisions from proprietorial influence. The Sunday Times Insight team's reporting on the Post Office Horizon scandal, on Conservative donors and on Russia-linked finance, alongside Matthew Parris's Saturday column, defines a centre-right paper-of-record register distinct from both the Telegraph and the Mail.