Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose
President cited gambling and tax charges as reasons for a potential pardon.
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What this story says
- President Donald Trump said he would give a pardon to Pete Rose.
- Trump cited Rose's gambling offenses and tax charges as reasons for the pardon.
- Pete Rose died in September of the previous year at age 83.
- Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling and pleaded guilty to tax charges in 1990.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
20/100
6 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
President Donald Trump stated he would issue a pardon to former professional baseball player Pete Rose. Trump cited Rose's gambling offenses and tax charges as reasons for the potential pardon. Pete Rose died in September of the previous year at the age of 83. He had been banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling and pleaded guilty to tax charges in April 1990.
Disagreement on pardon reasons
Fox News reported that Trump said he would pardon Rose not just for his gambling scandal but also for federal tax charges he pleaded guilty to in April 1990. The Comeback, The Lufkin News, wfmd.com, and Reuters digests stated Trump would give a pardon to Pete Rose, without specifying the reasons in those digests. Investing.com's digest also reported Trump would give a pardon but did not detail the reasons.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre-rated digests mentioned that Pete Rose died in September of the previous year at age 83, nor did they detail his specific gambling offenses or tax charges. The right-rated reports, however, did include these details.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 15 times, most recently on 10 Nov 2026, 08:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports led with President Trump stating he would pardon Pete Rose. The Comeback quoted Trump saying Rose "went through 40 years of hell." The Lufkin News, Investing.com, and Reuters digests all reported that Trump said he would give a pardon to the baseball player.
Right
2 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports led with President Trump renewing his call for a Pete Rose pardon, with Fox News's headline stating the former president believed MLB's all-time hits leader was 'mistreated'. The wfmd.com digest also used this headline. Both right-rated reports mentioned that Trump would pardon Rose not just for his gambling but also for tax charges.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 67% are rated centre, 33% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose biased?
- Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Trump says he would pardon Pete Rose?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What reasons did Donald Trump give for pardoning Pete Rose?
- President Donald Trump stated he would pardon Pete Rose, citing his gambling offenses and tax charges. Trump indicated that Rose had been mistreated and had gone through "40 years of hell."
- When did Pete Rose die and what was he banned from baseball for?
- Pete Rose died in September of the previous year at age 83. He was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling offenses and also pleaded guilty to tax charges in April 1990.
- Which outlets reported on Trump's comments about Pete Rose?
- Fox News, The Comeback, Investing.com, The Lufkin News, wfmd.com, and Reuters all reported on President Trump's statements regarding a potential pardon for Pete Rose.
Read it at the source
6 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
4- 'He went through 40 years of hell': President Trump says he would 'pardon' Pete Rose (opens The Comeback in a new tab)
The Comeback — is The Comeback biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Security Check (opens The Lufkin News in a new tab)
The Lufkin News — is The Lufkin News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump says he would give baseball player Pete Rose a pardon (opens Investing.com in a new tab)
Investing.com — is Investing.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump says he would give baseball player Pete Rose a pardon (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Right
2Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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