They were explicitly referring to their country, which is just as likely not to be the US, so citing US statistics without further comment or contextualization

They were explicitly referring to their country, which is just as likely not to be the US, so citing US statistics without further comment or contextualization seems rude. But it's beside the point anyway: They weren't referring to the political affiliation of the people working at the newspaper, they were referring to the leanings of the people who own the newspaper.