Scripps News

Scripps News is the national streaming news channel of The E.W. Scripps Company, whose journalism ethics guidelines bar personal opinion in reporting and partisan political activity by news staff.

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

• About page: Scripps News is the national streaming news channel of the E.W. Scripps Company, focused on breaking news and investigative reporting. “We are dedicated to accuracy, accountability and transparency.”
• Scripps journalism ethics guidelines, linked from the Scripps News footer: no personal opinion in reporting, and no partisan political activity by news staff. “must refrain from partisan political activity of any kind”

Limits of this rating

• No clear direction means no documented partisan direction was found, not that every report is balanced.

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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