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The Trace is mostly funded by Everytown, but you wouldn’t know it from their website.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019ve been following gun-related news for any length of time, you\u2019ve probably come across a website called The Trace<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trace<\/em> bills itself<\/a> as \u201can independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom\u201d that covers gun-related topics in the United States. The outlet has in recent years sought to raise its credibility by partnering with major news sources like The New Yorker<\/em>, Slate<\/em>, and The Atlantic<\/em> to report on topics like gun-related crime, universal background checks, and the National Rifle Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, it was The Trace<\/em>\u2019s Mike Spies who, in partnership with The New Yorker<\/em>, launched against the NRA the first public attacks<\/a> that eventually resulted in New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 lawsuit<\/a> seeking to dissolve the gun-rights organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That story put The Trace <\/em>in the national spotlight, and its editors and authors have worked hard to convince readers that they\u2019re a source of objective, unbiased gun-related news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially if those readers are unfamiliar with issues relating to firearms and the Second Amendment, it\u2019s easy to believe. The Trace <\/em>publishes think pieces considering the efficacy of \u201cassault weapon\u201d buybacks<\/a> and universal background checks<\/a> that are written in measured, even language. They\u2019ve published profiles of NRA shooting instructors<\/a>, op-eds on the benefits of stockpiling ammunition<\/a>, and a woman\u2019s touching tribute to her father after she inherited his guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But new analysis by GunsAmerica has revealed that The Trace<\/em> is anything but \u201cindependent\u201d and \u201cnonpartisan.\u201d According to publicly available tax documents, nearly 70 percent of The Trace<\/em>\u2019s expenses are paid for by the anti-gun group Everytown for Gun Safety, and the outlet counts Everytown\u2019s president, John Feinblatt, as its principal officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it claims editorial independence and seeks to be counted alongside the New York Times<\/em> as a trusted source of news, one can argue that The Trace <\/em>is still nothing more than a mouthpiece for Everytown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeed Funding\u201d and Website Scrubbing<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

When it first launched in 2015, The Trace <\/em>was more honest about its bias and funding. They still claimed to be \u201cindependent,\u201d but they also admitted \u201cbias to our beat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe believe that this country\u2019s rates of firearm-related deaths and injuries \u2014 an average of 91 lives lost per day, and more than 200 people suffering nonfatal bullet wounds \u2014 are far too high,\u201d the organization said on its website, according to the Internet Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This screenshot is from The Trace’s website in 2016. They used to admit their bias. Now? Not so much.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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They also admitted to securing \u201cseed funding\u201d from the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, a turn of phrase copied on a variety<\/a> of nonprofit watchdog websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even at the time, this \u201cseed funding\u201d language was designed to obfuscate their true source of revenue. Everytown for Gun Safety may have provided the start-up dollars to get The Trace<\/em> off the ground, the website implied, but that\u2019s in the past. Now, The Trace <\/em>is supposedly untethered from Everytown\u2019s anti-gun bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Everytown To Award Pelosi with \u2018Gun Sense Lawmaker of the Year\u2019 Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The outlet has only leaned into that misleading implication. Today, The Trace <\/em>has scrubbed nearly all mention of Everytown from its website. The Trace <\/em>claims that editors have \u201ceditorial independence\u201d by maintaining \u201ca firewall between our news coverage decisions and all sources of revenue.\u201d Their reporters supposedly operate \u201cindependently of that support and retain full control of all editorial decisions,\u201d but it\u2019s unclear how this process works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They still offer readers a list of their donors<\/a> in an apparent bid for transparency. But while they do include Everytown on that list, not even the \u201cseed funding\u201d language has survived. Everytown now sits as just one of many organizations that give money to The Trace<\/em>, many of which don\u2019t appear to have a bias for or against gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who\u2019s Really in Charge at The Trace<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

But Everytown isn\u2019t just one donor among many. According to its tax filing, the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund gave The Trace <\/em>a whopping $2,029,495 in 2018, the most recent year available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Exclusive:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everytown, in fact, gave more money to a supposedly independent news outlet than they did to any other anti-gun organization\u2014including their own. The gun-control group gave more than twice as much money to The Trace <\/em>as they gave to their own lobbying organization, the Everytown for Guns Safety Action Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Exclusive:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two million cold ones is a nice chunk of change, but how much of The Trace<\/em>\u2019s budget did Everytown account for in 2018?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Trace<\/em>\u2019s tax filings, a huge percentage. Their total expenses in 2018 amounted to $2,977,050, and the total amount of money they spent on \u201cprogram services\u201d \u2013 or, the work they reported as related to their core mission \u2013 was $2,273,847.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, Everytown accounted for nearly 70 percent of The Trace<\/em>\u2019s total expenses and nearly 90 percent of its program services budget. The next highest donation we found was from an outfit called the Joyce Foundation, which gave The Trace <\/em>$150,000, or 5 percent of its budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everytown’s donation to The Trace represents a huge percentage of its expenses and program services.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Trace<\/em> is connected to Everytown through more than just money. On its tax filing, the outlet lists John Feinblatt as its president and principle officer. If that names sounds familiar, there\u2019s a reason: Feinblatt is also president of Everytown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SEE ALSO: Everytown\u2019s Linguistic Gymnastics: 2A Doesn\u2019t Really Mean \u2018Bear\u2019 Arms<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the IRS<\/a>, a \u201cprinciple officer\u201d is \u201ca person who has ultimate responsibility for implementing the decisions of the organization\u2019s governing body, or for supervising the management, administration, or operation of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like every other connection to Everytown, The Trace <\/em>has scrubbed all mention of Feinblatt from its website. Even though Everytown pays the bills and Feinblatt calls the shots, unsuspecting readers would never guess that The Trace<\/em> is entirely beholden to Michael Bloomberg\u2019s anti-gun organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That doesn\u2019t sound very independent to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subtle Bias<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

To their credit, The Trace<\/em> agreed to speak with us for this piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one tells us how to report or not report,\u201d James Burnett, the website\u2019s editorial director, told us over the phone. \u201cThat is something that all of our funders understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burnett and his colleagues may not receive direction from their donors directly, but the bias in their reporting is clear to anyone familiar with Second Amendment issues and basic journalistic principles about balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example currently on the homepage of their website covers<\/a> state policies that allow guns to be carried on capitol grounds. There\u2019s nothing wrong with this topic, of course, but The Trace<\/em> gives no space for the pro-gun argument. The piece exclusively quotes legislators who are working to ban guns on capitol grounds, and leads with the quote, \u201cThis isn\u2019t normal. This is crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another article<\/a> featured on the home page discusses the judicial philosophies of Amy Coney Barrett. Again, it makes sense for The Trace <\/em>to cover this topic, but they make the same assertions you might read on Everytown\u2019s website: the Second Amendment only pertains to militias, Barrett\u2019s philosophy is a threat to gun control, and Barrett will \u201cremake Second Amendment jurisprudence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Everytown is Terrified that Amy Coney Barrett Will be a Great 2A Judge<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Virtually every article includes the same kind of subtle bias. We asked Burnett about this, and he said, \u201cWe do include on the website our editorial independence policy<\/a>. We list our donors. If we have to report on one of the donors, we include that in the story. Beyond that, we go where the facts lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everything The Trace <\/em>publishes is wrong, misleading, or even anti-gun. We at GunsAmerica have found their research and reporting helpful, and we occasionally use their sources for our articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they should be more transparent about where their allegiances lie. If they explained clearly that they receive most of their funding from Everytown, they wouldn\u2019t risk confusing or misleading readers. Instead, they obfuscate their revenue streams, claim independence, and legitimize their reporting by partnering with mainstream outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They owe it to the general public to be more explicit about their bias. Gun control and the Second Amendment are vitally important topics in our nation today, and any outlet reporting on these issues should strive not to mislead readers or push a hidden agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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