Reuters

Reuters is bound by the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, which require integrity, independence and freedom from bias, and its published standards tell journalists to keep unattributed opinion out of news stories.

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 · UK politics. Confidence: high. What these mean

Evidence

• Thomson Reuters' Trust Principles page: the owner's charter for Reuters, adopted in 1941, requiring independence and freedom from bias. “integrity, independence, and freedom from bias of Thomson Reuters”
• Reuters' published standards and values tell journalists to strive for balance and freedom from bias and to keep unattributed opinion out of news stories. “Avoid injecting unattributed opinion in a news story”

Limits of this rating

• No clear direction means the Trust Principles and Reuters standards document no political direction; it is not a finding that coverage is balanced, and it does not rate accuracy or every story.

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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