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Is Mother Jones biased?

Last updated Oct 21, 2026

Verdict: Mother Jones is rated Left-Center with high factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check. In CadNews’s last 30 days it covered 11 stories; 1 of 11 were also covered by the other side.

Mother Jones is a nonprofit magazine known for investigative reporting on politics, climate and criminal justice.

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External ratings are attributed to their linked rater pages. CadNews’s saved coverage and framing measurements are separate; neither is a guarantee for every story.

How Mother Jones covered the news this month

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Methodology: we count the stories in our archive from the last 30 days that include Mother Jones (opinion pieces excluded). For each analyzed story, the AI classifies how each outlet's article is framed, based on emphasis, word choice and what it includes or omits, and flags loaded phrases. These are automated estimates, not verdicts. How CadNews works

Political leaning spectrum

Circles: independent raters’ political labels; diamond, when shown: CadNews’s average saved political framing, not a reliability rating.

Media Bias/Fact Check: Left-Center · High factual reporting

Ownership and funding

Owner: The Center for Investigative Reporting · Source ↗
Type: Investigative news nonprofit

How other raters rate Mother Jones

Rater	Rating	Source
Media Bias/Fact Check	Left-Center · High factual reporting	View rating ↗

CadNews’s own coverage numbers come from its saved coverage data, separate from these external ratings.

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Blind spots

Big stories from the last 30 days, covered by outlets on both sides, that Mother Jones didn't cover in its feeds.

Media Bias/Fact Check

Left-Center · High factual reporting

Factual reliability

high factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check

Founded

1976

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Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

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Type

Investigative news nonprofit

Ownership

The Center for Investigative Reporting

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Strengths

·Regular national coverage CadNews compares with other outlets.

Things to keep in mind

·Its perspective comes from the linked external rating; compare coverage across outlets.

Is Mother Jones left or right?

Mother Jones is rated Left-Center with high factual reporting by Media Bias/Fact Check. External ratings are attributed to their linked rater pages. CadNews’s saved coverage and framing measurements are separate; neither is a guarantee for every story.

Is Mother Jones credible?

What is Mother Jones?

Mother Jones is a nonprofit magazine known for investigative reporting on politics, climate and criminal justice. Founded in 1976. Owned by The Center for Investigative Reporting. Based in San Francisco, CA. Format: Investigative news nonprofit.

What does Mother Jones cover most?

Of the 11 Mother Jones stories in CadNews's archive over the last 30 days, the most common topics were Politics (64%), Technology (18%), Top Stories (18%).

Does Mother Jones cover the same stories as the other side?

1 of 11 Mother Jones stories in our archive over the last 30 days were also covered by outlets on the other side of the political spectrum. Stories it covered alone, and big stories it skipped, are listed on this page.

Read across the spectrum

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Outlets on the other side

Compare Mother Jones with outlets whose sourced political labels fall on the other side of the spectrum.

Fox News

Cable news network

foxnews.com

AllSides: Right (Digital); Media Bias/Fact Check: Right · Low factual reporting

Fox News is the dominant cable news network on the political right. Its primetime programming is opinion-driven and conservative; its straight-news hours are more conventional but still reflect a right-of-center editorial perspective.

New York Post

Tabloid daily

nypost.com

AllSides: Right (News); Media Bias/Fact Check: Right-Center · Mixed factual reporting

The Post is a New York tabloid with a strong conservative editorial voice. It mixes hard news with celebrity, crime, and political opinion in a tabloid format.

National Review

Conservative magazine

nationalreview.com

Media Bias/Fact Check: Right · Mostly Factual

National Review is a magazine of conservative opinion and analysis founded by William F. Buckley Jr. It mixes essays, reporting, and commentary from a range of conservative perspectives.

Other center-left outlets

Associated Press

Wire service

apnews.com

AllSides: Lean Left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left-Center · High factual reporting

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by its member newspapers and broadcasters. Its core output is wire copy used by thousands of outlets worldwide, which pushes its reporting toward terse, sourced, and largely descriptive language.

NPR

Public radio network

npr.org

Media Bias/Fact Check: Left-Center · High factual reporting

NPR is a privately and publicly funded non-profit that distributes news and cultural programming to local member stations. Its hard news desk is widely cited; its features and culture coverage typically reflect a center-left lens.

The New York Times

National daily newspaper

nytimes.com

AllSides: Lean Left (News); Media Bias/Fact Check: Left-Center · High factual reporting

The Times is the largest US national newspaper by subscriptions. Its news desk is rigorous and well-sourced; its opinion section is editorially separate and runs a wide range of voices skewed toward the center-left.