Business Insider

Business Insider's code of ethics calls it an unbiased news source and bars editorial staff from activities that could be seen as supporting a candidate or party.

Editorial record means the rating rests on the outlet's documented record, such as its editorial board's endorsements, the stated purpose it was founded for, its opinion lineup or its published commitments such as an ethics policy. Scope: Whole outlet · US politics. Confidence: high. What these mean

Evidence

• Code of Ethics: protects Business Insider's status as an unbiased news source and sets nonpartisan rules for editorial staff, including no campaign contributions. “must refrain from any activities that could be construed as supporting a candidate”
• About page: a global news brand covering business, technology and innovation. “Business Insider is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE”

Limits of this rating

• No clear direction means no documented partisan direction was found, not that every report is balanced. Commentary pieces carry their authors' views.
• Owner Axel Springer's Essentials, to which its employees are committed, include support for Israel's right to exist, the US-Europe alliance and a free market economy; this rating does not treat them as a US partisan direction.

First draft by Sol, our AI editor, on Nov 3, 2026. Rewritten and checked against the evidence pages by Claude, an AI system, which can change the draft's label. Accepted by our human editor on Nov 3, 2026, as part of a batch.

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