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FreightWaves was founded in 2016 by Craig Fuller, who aimed to create a platform that provides current digital news, data, and analytics for the freight market, specifically the freight tech space. Fuller, as the CEO, still owns and manages FreightWaves today.Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, FreightWaves covers a niche scope of news specifically focused on the global freight industry. This includes shipping, trucking, rail, air cargo, and intermodal transportation. They also cover economic and tech trends that affect the freight markets.**One interesting fact**: FreightWaves has created a 'Sonar' tool, a data platform that provides near-time analytics on freight markets, offering an unprecedented level of insight and forecasting for freight companies. This tool has cemented FreightWaves' reputation as a leader in freight industry analytics.
FreightWaves is ranked N/A among other media sources and has an average of 1,548,000 monthly visits according to Similar Web.
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FreightWaves has a Bias Score of 22% Somewhat Conservative which is based on a variety of factors including its policy and politician leanings, article ratings, and the use of biased language. Its Reliability is rated as Fair, and additional analytical insights are available in the other tabs.

Note: FreightWaves is a news aggregator and may have limited or no original political articles.
  • Bias Rating

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability
    48% Reliable Fair
  • Policy Leanings

    34% Somewhat Conservative

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    *Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

  • Politician Portrayal

    29% negative

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