Cleveland Plain Dealer
Slantwise's combined political orientation rating is Lean Left.
Recorded confidence: Low Confidence. This describes rating agreement, not factual accuracy.
Original evidence links are missing for some recorded ratings, or the ratings were imported without a documented original review.
Published arcs with Cleveland Plain Dealer coverage
The saved story receipts for these arcs include reporting from Cleveland Plain Dealer. Each arc brings together a matter's developments and coverage from different outlets.
- The taxpayer-funded government ads featuring Trump before the midterms
- The Trump administration and the press: the White House's control of press access
- The 2026 Kansas Senate race: Roger Marshall vs. Adam Hamilton
- The backlash against Flock's license plate reader cameras
- Harvey Weinstein's Los Angeles conviction and New York retrials
- The US-Iran war: Congress's war powers votes and the fight over the war
Recorded ratings
These are the raters' published categories, not Slantwise assessments of factual accuracy. Dates show when we recorded or checked the evidence, not when a rater reviewed the outlet.
Rater panel
| Rater and rating | Evidence and dates |
|---|---|
| Media Bias / Fact CheckLean Left | Original link not recorded Look up on MBFC ↗Recorded: date unknown |
Imported rating: the original review was not documented. A later evidence check does not reconstruct that review date.
Search links are lookup aids, not original evidence.
On our coverage graphs
Counted as Lean Left, from the raters' rating above. How we count coverage