The Markup

The Markup is a nonprofit technology-accountability newsroom that has been part of CalMatters, a nonpartisan nonprofit news organization, since 2024; its ethics policy keeps donors out of editorial decisions.

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: The Markup is a nonprofit newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good, and became part of CalMatters in 2024. “a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that explains California policies and politics”
• Owner CalMatters' About page: describes CalMatters as a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that acquired The Markup in 2024. “Our news gathering and editing is independent of commercial or political interests.”
• Ethics policy: donors and board members do not see stories before publication and do not influence editorial decisions. “will not be influenced by donors, sources, or other outside forces”

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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