Al Jazeera media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Al Jazeera as leaning left. We have seen it on 318 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Al Jazeera biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Al Jazeera as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Al Jazeera left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Al Jazeera as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Al Jazeera reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Al Jazeera are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Al Jazeera has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Al Jazeera’s own report linked underneath.
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Al Jazeera reported it asNew tiger cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended the mandate of experts monitoring sanctions on Iran. The vote creates a gap in oversight as the sanctions themselves remain in effect.
Al Jazeera reported it asRussia, China veto UN mandate to monitor Iran sanctions (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Myanmar state media reported the deportation of US businessman Adam Castillo after he spent months in jail. Supporters claim the charges against him were fabricated. The Washington Post reported Castillo had been jailed for three months.
Al Jazeera reported it asUS secures release of detained citizen Adam Castillo in Myanmar (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Al Jazeera reported it asCanada’s Carney welcomes EU’s associated membership proposal (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
Al Jazeera reported it asAt least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
Al Jazeera reported it asAt least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. India's Ministry of External Affairs stated the nation will take necessary steps to protect its trade and economic interests.
Al Jazeera reported it asCongress passes sweeping US sanctions bill targeting Russia (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Al Jazeera reported it asTrump says Canada becoming EU ‘associate member’ could be ‘hostile act’ (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Al Jazeera reported it asMacklemore pledges $1m in tour earnings to Palestinian groups (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has accused Canada of not doing enough to stop drug trafficking, alleging that fentanyl is produced in clandestine Canadian labs. However, he did not include Canada on a list of major drug-producing countries submitted to Congress.
Al Jazeera reported it asUS removes Venezuela from list of drug transit, production countries (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Senator Bill Cassidy has blamed the Trump administration's vaccine policies for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania. He also called for confirmation that vaccines do not cause autism, a point raised during a confirmation hearing for Dr. Nicole Saphier.
Al Jazeera reported it asRepublican US senator slams Trump vaccine policy amid rising measles deaths (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on certain South African nationals, citing race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures. South Africa has rejected the US allegations, stating the measures are based on mischaracterised policies and fringe group information.
Al Jazeera reported it asSouth Africa slams planned US sanctions over alleged racial discrimination (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Sweden has expelled an official from Iran's embassy in Stockholm and summoned the country's ambassador. The Swedish foreign ministry cited activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as the reason for the expulsion.
Al Jazeera reported it asSweden expels Iran embassy employee, citing security concerns (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Al Jazeera reported it asWhich artists have pulled out of Ed Sheeran’s tour over Palestine? (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
A Pakistan Navy vessel collided with an Indian Navy warship in the North Arabian Sea on September 15, 2026. India lodged a strong protest, citing a violation of a 1991 agreement on advance notice of military exercises. The incident occurred in international waters and caused no major damage.
Al Jazeera reported it asIndia summons Pakistani diplomat after incident in Arabian Sea (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
Al Jazeera reported it asUS charges five people over alleged Russian plots (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has stated that nuclear weapons could be used in response to actions by the US and South Korea. This statement follows defense talks between the two nations aimed at strengthening cooperation against potential weapons of mass destruction attacks from Pyongyang.
Al Jazeera reported it asSeoul court orders North Korea to pay $32.5m for blowing up office (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion arms package that includes 40,000 heavy aerial bombs. The sale, reported by The Washington Post, involves munitions that have been linked to civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon.
Al Jazeera reported it asTrump administration plans $2.8bn sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Saudi Aramco has cancelled or delayed crude oil deliveries to European refiners. The disruption follows an attack on the kingdom's East-West pipeline, a key route for bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Jazeera reported it asSaudi Arabia cancels oil to Europe over East-West pipeline blast (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
Al Jazeera reported it asIran war increasing inflation, straining US munitions: congressional report (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Al Jazeera Media NetworkMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- QatarGovernmentparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Doha, Qatar
- Official site
- aljazeera.com
- Seen publishing on
- aljazeera.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 318
- Reports listed
- 335
- We could read
- 88
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
247 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 88 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 131 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Al Jazeera ran the story anyway.
Across the 317 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Al Jazeera’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 2 September 2026.
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