National Review

National Review says it was founded in 1955 by William F. Buckley Jr. “as a magazine of conservative opinion”, and its website publishes “conservative commentary”.

Declared means the publisher describes its own politics, in the source linked below. Scope: Whole outlet · US politics. Confidence: high. What these mean

Evidence

• About page, read via a Wayback Machine capture of 21 Nov 2025 because the live site blocks automated access. “founded in 1955 by William F. Buckley Jr. as a magazine of conservative opinion” (National Review)
• National Review Institute About page: since 1 Aug 2015 National Review, Inc. has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the nonprofit institute. “magazine for conservative news, commentary, and opinion” (National Review Institute)

Limits of this rating

• A declared rating describes the magazine's stated politics, not its accuracy or every article.

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.

An outlet rating describes the publication as a whole, apart from anything listed under Limits of this rating. It never rates a single article; articles get their own "This article" rating.