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Is The Wire biased?

Polyview rates The Wire Left. Its story selection and framing reliably favour left-of-centre positions. The rating is relative to the political centre of India, and reflects story selection, framing, word choice and sourcing in its news coverage, plus the weight of its opinion section.

What The Wire chooses to cover (last 72 hours)

The Wire covered 8 stories that other outlets also reported. Across those stories, 47% of the coverage came from left-leaning outlets, 41% from the centre and 12% from the right, against 29% / 45% / 26% across every story on Polyview. It leans towards stories that left-leaning outlets care about. It was first to report 0 of them, and covered 1 story that outlets on the other side largely ignored.

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Who owns The Wire?

The Wire is owned by Foundation for Independent Journalism (non-profit). Retracted its 2022 reports on Meta's content moderation after the documents behind them proved fabricated.

How factual is The Wire?

Polyview rates the factuality of The Wire Mostly Factual. Its reporting is usually accurate, with occasional errors, loaded headlines or thin sourcing.

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Stories The Wire covered

Last 72 hours, compared with how the rest of the press covered them