Tegna

Virginia
Media and Entertainment

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Tegna does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees, though the company has not publicly terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. However, Tegna has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ+ policy, and the company is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act and a signatory of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge. However, Tegna has not funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Tegna receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

Tegna has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. Tegna received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this means Tegna has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1)(2)(3).

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Tegna does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Tegna does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Tegna is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act and a signatory of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (1)(2). Tegna has also engaged in LGBTQ Pride Month-related advocacy on its blog (3).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Tegna has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies.

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Tegna does not operate a PAC at this time.

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November 30, 2023

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