Wall Street Journal
US OutletSlantwise's combined political orientation rating is Center.
Recorded confidence: High Confidence. This describes rating agreement, not factual accuracy.
Published arcs with Wall Street Journal coverage
The saved story receipts for these arcs include reporting from Wall Street Journal. Each arc brings together a matter's developments and coverage from different outlets.
- Boeing's 737 MAX reckoning: the door plug blowout and the crash case
- France's 2026 student protests over school funding
- Trump's summits with Xi Jinping, from South Korea and Beijing to Washington
- Trump's tariff war with China and the truces that followed
- The US-China race and rivalry over artificial intelligence
- The warnings, failures and inquiries around the October 7 attack
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.
News desk
| Rater and rating | Evidence and dates |
|---|---|
| Media Bias / Fact CheckRight-Center | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
| Ad Fontes MediaMiddle | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
| AllSidesCenter | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
Opinion desk
| Rater and rating | Evidence and dates |
|---|---|
| AllSidesLean Right | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
On our coverage graphs
Counted as Center, from the raters' rating above. How we count coverage
Editorial note
Mostly paywalled — RSS often returns headlines only. AllSides splits WSJ News (Center) from WSJ Opinion (Lean Right); MBFC rates the combined publication Right-Center because their methodology aggregates news and opinion.