Most US media leans left, which is why WSJ news side even looks to be conservative compared to their peers. For example: https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/Do_

Most US media leans left, which is why WSJ news side even looks to be conservative compared to their peers. For example: https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/Do_97_percent_of_journalist_donations_go_to_Democrats https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/Do_97_percent_of_journali... Somewhere between 87-94% of political donations from journalists goes to Democrats. Wikipedia links some more polls that show similar things (though not as stark): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias_in_the_United_States#Liberal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias_in_the_United_State... When you have a profession that leans one way, most reporting likely follows. So while WSJ news seems conservative, it's positions compared to the general public's views leans slightly left. (Though after reading WSJ for many years now, it highly depends on the reporter).