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Roanoke Times is the main newspaper in Southern Virginia, based in Roanoke Virginia. Its niche is news on local events. The paper also covers national and world news, crime, education, politics and technology. Most of the local news covered by the paper have gained national media exposure for example; the April 16, 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech. Its first publication was in 1886, and was originally owned by M.H Claytor. However, it is currently owned by Lee Enterprises. According to Similar Web, roanoke.com has 1.1 million average visits.
Roanoke Times is ranked 4,054 among other media sources and has an average of 1,006,000 monthly visits according to Similar Web.
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Roanoke Times has a Bias Score of -22% 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.

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    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability
    65% Reliable Fair
  • Policy Leanings

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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

    71% positive

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