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Can't find any substantiation rather than repeat stories citing this lame source.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/just-the-news/

History

Founded in February 2020, by John Solomon, Just the News is a conservative website that reports on political news through podcasts, videos, and textual content. According to their about page, “JusttheNews.com is committed to just reporting facts from journalists with a long record of public trust and excellence.”

John Solomon serves as the Editor-in-Chief. Solomon was formerly a journalist with The Hill, leaving the paper in October 2019. Solomon’s reporting has been described as conspiratorial and pro-Trump. Other notable staff is Sharyl Attkisson, who is currently the host of the TV show Full Measure, and David Brody from CBN News.

Analysis / Bias

Editorially, Just the News does not label opinion content and actually they don’t produce op-eds, however, in examining story selection they routinely favor President Trump such as this: Trump campaign slaps New York Times with libel suit while reporting negatively on Democrats such as this: Cruz decries ‘dangerous’ Schumer threats against justices, seeks censure. During the CoronaVirus outbreak of 2020, they have published misinformation as seen below in our failed fact checks section. In general, news reporting is not always factual and holds a moderately strong right-leaning bias.

Failed Fact Checks

Virginia’s new method for testing for coronavirus may significantly delay the state’s reopening – Partly False

COVID-19 is close to losing its epidemic status in the U.S., according to the CDC – False

Yale epidemiologist: Dr. Fauci running ‘misinformation campaign’ against hydroxychloroquine – False

It should be noted that John Solomon has been accused by others of promoting false conspiracy theories regarding the Biden’s and Ukraine.

Overall, we rate Just the News moderately Right Biased based on story selection that mostly favors a conservative perspective. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to three failed fact checks over a short period of time. (D. Van Zandt 4/13/2020) Updated (7/31/2020)