Vox Media

Group Nine Media, NowThis News, Seeker, The Coral Project
Washington
Media and Entertainment

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Vox Media, the parent company of Vox news and various entertainment sites, has not terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs, though it vets suppliers for LGBTQ policies and does not have explicit political viewpoint protections for employees. Vox Media has not donated to ideological organizations but does have a statistical left-leaning slant in its reporting. For these reasons, Vox Media receives a Lower 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

Vox Media received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies (1)(2). Vox Media has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Vox does not engage in direct charitable giving, although the company maintains volunteer programs, brand partnerships, and a pro bono advertisement program. These services primarily focus on racial equity, and the company does not 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

Vox Media protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (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

Independent reviews of Vox Media’s news content unanimously suggest that the organization has a strong left-wing slant in its reporting (1)(2). Vox’s content has echoed and endorsed organizations such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the American Civil Liberties Union (3)(4). The founders of Vox, the news and opinion publication of Vox Media, are vocally left-wing (5)(6).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Vox Media has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Vox Media does not operate a PAC at this time (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
November 30, 2023

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