404 Media media bias and reliability
The bias data this site ingests places 404 Media as leaning left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is 404 Media biased?
The bias data this site ingests places 404 Media as leaning left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is 404 Media left or right?
The bias data this site ingests places 404 Media as leaning left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is 404 Media reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes 404 Media as very high factuality. It reaches us without a named assessor, so it is an unattributed rating rather than our verdict. It does not guarantee that every report is correct.
What 404 Media has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with 404 Media’s own report linked underneath.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence in a Siberian tomb suggesting cannabis was used for psychoactive purposes at least 2,800 years ago. This finding potentially predates similar documented use in China by 300 years, though some experts express skepticism.
404 Media reported it asOldest Evidence of Getting High on Cannabis Discovered In 2,800-Year-Old Tomb: ‘Absolutely Crazy’ (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
An analysis by the conservative group Humans First found that deep-red counties with large data centers or proposed projects shifted more toward Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections compared to similar counties without these facilities. The study noted a drop in Republican vote totals in these host counties.
404 Media reported it asAmerican Voters Overwhelmingly Reject AI Data Centers (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
404 Media reported it asAI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
German police are investigating an incident in Cologne where a robot allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl. Two young men are under investigation for controlling the robot, with some reports noting its unusual attire.
404 Media reported it asThere’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
A city council meeting in Ottumwa, Iowa, began with a satanic prayer read by a former council member. The invocation, ending in "Hail Satan," led to a pastor demanding the prayer be reversed, and the mayor calling for a moment of silence.
404 Media reported it as'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, has had his genome sequenced by scientists studying the secrets of his longevity. The research identified genetic changes associated with DNA repair and telomere function, offering potential insights into aging.
404 Media reported it as‘Jonathan’ Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth. He Could Hold the Secrets to Defying Death (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
Researchers have demonstrated that certain microorganisms can survive in simulated conditions of Enceladus's subsurface ocean. The study, published in 'Science Advances', recreated the moon's ocean floor chemistry in a lab, using archaea that consume hydrogen and produce methane, suggesting Enceladus's geochemistry may be more favourable for life than previously thought.
404 Media reported it asAlien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find It (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
404 Media reported it asMark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence (opens 404 Media in a new tab)
Who says so
The lean above is carried in the coverage data this site ingests, which names no rater for it. We publish it because it is what the rest of the site groups 404 Media on, and we will not present it as an assessment by anyone in particular until we hold one.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
The rating above reaches us without a named assessor, and is published as that rather than as anyone’s verdict.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for 404 Media.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Seen publishing on
- 404media.co
- Access
- Paywalled
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 8
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
8 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 2 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and 404 Media ran the story anyway.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of 404 Media: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as 404 Media, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where 404 Media publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.