# The Guardian

> The Guardian is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in United Kingdom. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean left**.

- **Domain:** theguardian.com
- **Website:** https://www.theguardian.com
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean left
- **Founded:** 1821

## About

UK public-service-oriented newspaper and global digital news outlet delivering national and international reporting, analysis and commentary.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Owned by Guardian Media Group under the stewardship of the Scott Trust, which guarantees the newspaper’s financial and editorial independence in perpetuity.
- **Funding:** Reader-funded model via global digital supporters, supplemented by commercial and membership revenues.
- **Focus areas:** National news, international news, politics, society, culture, investigations, world affairs, opinion journalism
- **Declared political stance:** Impartial public-interest journalism under the ownership of a trust structured to guarantee editorial independence.

## How the position was assessed

The Guardian’s stated commitment to editorial independence and public-interest journalism aligns with its content: reporting is fact-based, uses multiple perspectives, and aims for institutional accountability. While opinion and commentary sometimes reflect progressive framing, overall news coverage and editorial standards maintain balance and adherence to public-service norms.

## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Countries legally obliged to consider slavery reparations, says UN committee](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/countries-legally-obliged-consider-slavery-reparations-un-committee) — 2026-08-31T11:54:16.000Z
- [Morocco not to blame for Ceuta border breach, says Spanish PM](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/morocco-ceuta-border-breach-spanish-pm-migration-pedro-sanchez) — 2026-08-31T10:21:56.000Z
- [China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/china-concealing-scale-nepal-flood-disaster-say-tibet-campaigners) — 2026-08-31T09:18:28.000Z
- [Weather tracker: Warm Yellow Sea strengthens storms in South Korea](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/31/weather-tracker-warm-yellow-sea-storms-south-korea) — 2026-08-31T07:57:24.000Z
- [Man who murdered Molly Ticehurst unlikely to face life in jail, court hears](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/31/molly-ticehurst-domestic-violence-murder-daniel-billings-sentence-ntwnfb) — 2026-08-31T07:11:07.000Z
- [Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/31/goodbye-to-babylon-berlin-the-1920s-tv-drama-that-has-eerily-foreshadowed-real-life-politics) — 2026-08-31T06:00:18.000Z
- [First US military attacks on Iran in a month prompt retaliation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/us-strikes-iranian-launchers-on-larak-island-amid-strait-of-hormuz-tensions) — 2026-08-30T22:55:22.000Z
- [Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/nepal-tibet-floods-china-search-rescue-operations-looking-for-survivors) — 2026-08-30T18:34:21.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2025-11-26. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt v1.1.

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