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The San Diego Union-Tribune was first established in 1868 as The San Diego Union by William Jeff Gatewood. In 1992, The San Diego Union merged with another local paper, The Evening Tribune, to form The San Diego Union-Tribune. Since 2015, it has been owned by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire biotech entrepreneur.Based in San Diego, California, The San Diego Union-Tribune covers a wide range of topics such as Local and National News, Politics, Business, Sports, and Entertainment. Additionally, it offers sections dedicated to Arts, Culture, Lifestyle, and Opinion articles, providing comprehensive and extensive coverage of events in San Diego and the broader Southern California area.**One interesting fact**: In its long history of reporting, The San Diego Union-Tribune has been awarded multiple Pulitzer Prizes, one of journalism's highest honors. This includes the Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting in 2006 for coverage of devastating wildfires in San Diego County, reflecting the newspaper's commitment to delivering timely and crucial information to its readers.
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The has a Bias Score of -2% Center 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

    -2% Center

  • Reliability
    50% 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

    46% negative

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