- Lean
- Left (AllSides)
- Reliability
- High factual reporting (MBFC)
- Founded
- 1821
- Headquarters
- London
- Owner
- Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust
- Funding
- The Guardian is owned by Guardian Media Group, which is owned by the Scott Trust, set up to protect the paper's financial and editorial independence.
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How Reliable Is The Guardian?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates The Guardian's factual reporting High. Ad Fontes Media places it at the lower edge of its reliable range ("Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues"), mainly because of the share of analysis and opinion in its sampled content.
How The Guardian Handles Corrections
The Guardian publishes its editorial code and a daily corrections and clarifications column, and has an independent readers' editor.
The Guardian Bias: What the Ratings Show
AllSides rates The Guardian Left; Ad Fontes Media scores its bias at -8.51 (Skews Left) and its reliability at 39.54 (Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues); and Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Left-Center with High factual reporting.
The Guardian is left of center on every scale we use: Left (AllSides), Skews Left (Ad Fontes Media) and Left-Center (Media Bias/Fact Check). Its editorial line is openly progressive, and opinion pieces are labeled separately from news.
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Is The Guardian Biased?
Yes, in the sense that The Guardian has a stated progressive editorial position, which shapes its opinion section and which stories it prioritizes. Raters still find its news reporting largely factual.
The Guardian Bias Rating From Independent Raters
All bars use one shared scale: the shaded band is each rater's own center zone, lined up. How we combine the raters
| Rater | Bias rating | Factual / reliability |
|---|---|---|
| AllSides | Left | Not rated (lean only) |
| Ad Fontes Media | Skews Left (-8.51) | 39.54: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues |
| Media Bias/Fact Check | Left-Center (-3.6) | High, High Credibility |
Who Funds The Guardian?
The Guardian is owned by Guardian Media Group, which is owned by the Scott Trust, set up to protect the paper's financial and editorial independence. It has no paywall: in the year to March 2026, reader contributions and subscriptions brought in £126 million of £282 million in revenue, alongside advertising and income from an endowment fund valued at £1.25 billion in 2025.
Why The Guardian Is in Aplomb
The Guardian meets all six of our source criteria. It does original reporting, publishes corrections, is independent from government, labels opinion, and is transparent about its trust ownership. Its left lean is shown on its profile so you can balance it with other outlets.
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The Guardian FAQ
Is The Guardian left wing?
Yes. All three raters we use place it left of center, and its editorial line is openly progressive.
Is The Guardian reliable?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting High. Ad Fontes Media rates it Generally Reliable.
Who owns The Guardian?
Guardian Media Group, which is owned by the Scott Trust.
What is The Guardian's bias rating?
AllSides: Left. Ad Fontes Media: Skews Left (-8.51), 39.54 reliability. Media Bias/Fact Check: Left-Center, High factual reporting.
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