Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

  • Ranking
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Creations
Iowa Starting Line is a civic media company that aims to protect and strengthen our democracy in the United States. The niche of the paper is local news in Iowa. They also provide a daily newspaper on how national issues impact Iowans and breaking news. It was founded in 2015 by Pat Rynard, the current manager and editor, and it joined Courier Newsroom in 2021, with its headquarters in Iowa. According to SimilarWeb, the website iowastartingline.com has a total of 83,200 visitors and is ranked 131,676 among other media sources in the United States.
Iowa is ranked 47,251 among other media sources and has an average of 63,076 monthly visits according to Similar Web.
Follow

Iowa has a Bias Score of -34% Somewhat Liberal 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.

  • Bias Rating

    -34% Somewhat Liberal

  • Policy Leanings

    2% Center

    Extremely
    Liberal

    Very
    Liberal

    Moderately
    Liberal

    Somewhat Liberal

    Center

    Somewhat Conservative

    Moderately
    Conservative

    Very
    Conservative

    Extremely
    Conservative

    -100%
    Liberal

    100%
    Conservative

    Fair Reliability

    *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

    61% negative

Ratings are based on recent news using data science and A.I. technology.