Alaska Beacon media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Alaska Beacon one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 69 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Alaska Beacon biased?
The rating organisations do not give Alaska Beacon one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Alaska Beacon left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Alaska Beacon one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Alaska Beacon reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Alaska Beacon are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Alaska Beacon has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Alaska Beacon’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Alaska Beacon reported it asThe blue tsunami sweeps the US, as Democrats land huge gains in Congress (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
Alaska Beacon reported it asThe blue tsunami sweeps the US, as Democrats land huge gains in Congress (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
The first polling stations in the US closed in parts of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Millions of Americans voted in advance of the midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress.
Alaska Beacon reported it asFirst Alaska election results to come Tuesday evening, final unofficial results in 2 weeks (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
Alaska Beacon reported it asFirst Alaska election results to come Tuesday evening, final unofficial results in 2 weeks (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's campaign to exert power over elections is meeting resistance from various legal and civic groups. A series of court defeats has hampered these efforts as the US heads into a critical election period.
Alaska Beacon reported it asAs a potential Democratic wave looms, Trump's DOJ angles for last-minute power over midterms (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Alaska Beacon reported it asFederal judge rejects Trump administration attempt to pause Alaska’s US Senate election (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Alaska Beacon reported it asEarly voting sets midterms record, breaking 2022 mark (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Alaska Beacon reported it asEarly voting sets midterms record, breaking 2022 mark (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
Alaska Beacon reported it asAs Alaskans vote, state’s top federal prosecutor confirms criminal investigation of Dem groups (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's rally in Salina, Kansas, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the cancellation five days before the November 3, 2026, Election Day.
Alaska Beacon reported it asTrump cancels weekend Kansas rally 5 days ahead of election (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release information on noncitizen voting by Friday. The order comes as the Trump administration's election integrity initiatives face scrutiny in court, with Democrats and voting rights groups alleging federal interference.
Alaska Beacon reported it asIn a blizzard of lawsuits, Trump’s DOJ battles across the US over midterm elections (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's efforts to gain control over election processes are leading to legal challenges. These cases could escalate to the U.S. Supreme Court, examining the boundaries of federal power in elections.
Alaska Beacon reported it asCourts to decide fate of Trump’s latest push to control voting as Election Day nears (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Trump has called for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be removed from the ballot, alleging election fraud after reports surfaced of her campaign's alleged involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as her opponent, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Alaska Beacon reported it asTrump calls for Peltola to be criminally charged, removed from Alaska’s U.S. Senate race (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Alaska Beacon reported it asEarly voting surges in midterm elections as millions cast their ballots (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
Alaska Beacon reported it asAlaska fights back against Trump-ordered elections lawsuit, seeks its dismissal (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
The Trump administration is on track to deport approximately 660,000 people in its past year, a 26% increase compared to the Biden administration's yearly average. Voluntary departures are at an all-time high, but most deported individuals have no criminal convictions.
Alaska Beacon reported it asAnalysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
Voter identification measures are appearing on midterm election ballots in California, Colorado, and Nevada. These proposals aim to introduce requirements for driver's licenses or partial Social Security numbers on mail-in ballots, alongside existing in-person ID rules.
Alaska Beacon reported it asIn 6 states, ballots include bans on noncitizen voting (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote women's health, establishing a new division within the National Institutes of Health and a specialized task force. Melania Trump spearheaded the initiative, which observers noted was accompanied by an apparent attempt to avoid a kiss from the President.
Alaska Beacon reported it asTrump order sets up new women’s health research initiative at NIH, White House task force (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
House Democrats are preparing a 100-day agenda focused on making life more affordable and investigating the Trump administration, should they win a majority in the midterm elections. Key proposals include reinstating ACA tax breaks and reversing Medicaid cuts.
Alaska Beacon reported it asDemocrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war (opens Alaska Beacon in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced that Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30% of the natural gas from the Alaska LNG pipeline project for 20 years. He also stated Taiwan would invest $4.4 billion in the project. The terms of the deal were not immediately clear.
Alaska Beacon reported it asTaiwan is nearing an investment in the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project, officials say (opens Alaska Beacon 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
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Very high factuality
Who owns it
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Where it publishes from
- Official site
- alaskabeacon.com
- Seen publishing on
- alaskabeacon.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 69
- Reports listed
- 72
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
72 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 14 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Alaska Beacon ran the story anyway.
Across the 69 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Alaska Beacon’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 32 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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