Editing Freedom House (section)

===Criticism from American conservatives===
In the 2010s, a number of [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservative]] institutions have criticized Freedom House for what they see as an anti-conservative shift in the organization; the organization has been criticized as being biased against conservative governments and the policies they enact, and has also been accused of favoring [[Progressivism|progressive]] and [[left-wing]] ideas in its ranking system.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 16, 2018|title=Freedom House Turns Partisan|url=https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/freedom-house-turns-partisan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208155901/https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/freedom-house-turns-partisan|url-status=unfit|archive-date=December 8, 2019|access-date=March 5, 2022|publisher=The Heritage Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schwarz|first=Fred|date=July 4, 2018|title=Land of the 86 Percent Free|work=National Review|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/land-of-the-86-percent-free/|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref> It has also been criticized for a perceived shift to an [[activist]] mindset; a 2018 article in the ''[[National Review]]'' described it as having "changed dramatically since its anti-Communist days during the Cold War" and having "become simply another progressive, anti-conservative (and overwhelmingly government-dependent) NGO".<ref name=":5">{{cite news|last=Fonte|first=John|date=April 2, 2018|title=What Is Illiberalism? Answering Joshua Muravchik|work=National Review|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/freedom-house-ratings-biased-against-conservatives/|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref> Another article criticized Freedom House for characterizing differences in policy as anti-democratic and for using what it regarded as partisan rather than objective measures of democracy.<ref name=":6">{{cite news|last1=Fonte|first1=John|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Mike|date=February 14, 2018|title=Freedom House Turns Partisan|work=National Review|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/freedom-house-left-progressive-bias-2018-report-united-states-great-britain-israel-denmark-poland/|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref>