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The Independent

Bias: Center-Left. Factuality: Mostly Factual.

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Ownership

Independent Digital News and Media (Sultan Mohamed Abuljadayel)

Source type

digital · United States · RSS health checked through live ingestion.

Recent Optics activity

Appeared in 7 live clusters. Average Wording Gap: 52/99.

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