Who owns Follow the Money (FTM), how it is funded, where it sits politically and how reliable its reporting is.
Follow the Money (FTM) is covered by TruthMedia's media transparency database, which tracks ownership, funding and political leaning for more than 1,800 news outlets worldwide.
Follow the Money (FTM) is owned or controlled by Independent (foundation, journalist-shareholders). Ownership shapes which topics get covered, which advertisers and shareholders must not be upset, and which political interests are protected.
Follow the Money (FTM) operates on a Subscriptions, donations, memberships funding model. Funding determines editorial pressure: advertising rewards volume and outrage, state funding rewards alignment with government, subscriptions and donations reward reader loyalty.
TruthMedia classifies Follow the Money (FTM) as Center-left critique of economic power, non-partisan. A leaning is not a verdict on truthfulness: outlets on every side publish accurate reporting, and every side has blind spots. What matters is knowing the angle before you read.
Each outlet is assessed on documented ownership, funding transparency, editorial tone, factual accuracy of its claims and the framing it applies to international stories. When one of its articles is analysed, our AI cross-checks the claims against international coverage, measures emotional loading in the wording and flags what the article leaves out.
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