The Columbian
Slantwise's combined political orientation rating is Center.
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 The Columbian coverage
The saved story receipts for these arcs include reporting from The Columbian. Each arc brings together a matter's developments and coverage from different outlets.
- Pope Leo XIV's criticism of Trump and their feud over Iran
- The Israel-Hamas war: Trump's peace plan, the 2025 ceasefire and what followed
- The US-Iran war: Congress's war powers votes and the fight over the war
- Ed Sheeran's US tour and the fight over Macklemore's 'Free Palestine' call
- The backlash against Flock's license plate reader cameras
- Hayden Panettiere's death and the investigation that followed
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 CheckCenter | 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 Center, from the raters' rating above. How we count coverage