The Washington Post

Since February 2025 owner Jeff Bezos has had the opinion section write in defense of 'personal liberties and free markets', and the board's 2026 editorials back stronger Medicaid work requirements and side against wealth taxes and price controls. The board endorsed Democrats for president through 2020 and made no endorsement in 2024.

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: Institutional editorial board · US politics. Confidence: medium. What these mean

Evidence

• The Post's own editorials page (read from an August 2026 archive copy): editorials for stronger Medicaid work requirements, against wealth taxes, price controls and federal debt, and against Trump's attack on a think tank. “Editorials represent the views of The Post as an institution” (The Washington Post)
• PBS News (AP) report, February 2025: owner Jeff Bezos narrowed the opinion section to personal liberties and free markets, the opinion editor resigned, and the Post made no 2024 presidential endorsement. “two pillars: personal liberties and free markets” (Jeff Bezos, as quoted by PBS News)
• American Presidency Project 2008 table: the Post endorsed Barack Obama.
• American Presidency Project 2012 table: the Post endorsed Barack Obama.
• American Presidency Project 2016 table: the Post endorsed Hillary Clinton.
• American Presidency Project 2020 table: the Post endorsed Joe Biden.

Limits of this rating

• The board's direction changed in 2025. Its earlier record, Democratic presidential endorsements through 2020, was center-left; this rating covers the opinion section since the change.
• Based on a short record and one archived sample of editorials. Covers the editorial board only; the newsroom is run separately and is not covered by this rating.
• A record-based rating describes the board's politics, not its accuracy or every editorial.

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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