Alternet media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Alternet one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 255 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Alternet biased?
The rating organisations do not give Alternet one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; 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 Alternet left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Alternet one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; 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 Alternet reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Alternet are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Alternet has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Alternet’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump reportedly became angry upon learning his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon, secured a $50 million contract with a Venezuelan billionaire family. He suggested she donate a portion of the money to his future presidential library.
Alternet reported it as'Dip his beak': Trump's twisted demand over a $50 million insider deal (opens Alternet in a new tab)
President Trump has intensified his false accusations against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a 'jihadist' and a 'Muslim Brotherhood member'. El-Sayed has responded by dismissing the attacks as distractions from key issues.
Alternet reported it asThe Medieval loophole that lets Donald Trump say whatever he wants (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Judge orders DOJ clarification on East Potomac Golf Course plan and mandates notice before changes
Trust 70A D.C. judge rebuked the Justice Department over its East Potomac Golf Course renovation plan, saying it likely violated the National Environmental Policy Act and ordering ten business days’ notice before any irreversible work. President Trump announced the course will close on 15 November and said his team will appeal.
Alternet reported it asGolfers roll their eyes at Trump taking over their course: 'Not going to work' (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
Alternet reported it asTrump DOJ’s third Comey case faces a make-or-break courtroom test (opens Alternet 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.
Alternet reported it asCNN trolls Trump’s claims of boundless energy after president scrubs tour (opens Alternet 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.
Alternet reported it asConfusion as Trump abruptly cancels planned rally amid protests, low turnout (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, seeking $72.5 million. Piker alleges Jennings used an edited video to falsely portray him as advocating for the lynching of Black Americans.
Alternet reported it asCNN tries to pretend its MAGA scandal 'never happened': report (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
Alternet reported it asTrump tricking MAGA die-hards with 'rude surprise' in new bounty scheme (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, who served as White House press secretary for five days in October 2026, has spoken about her brief tenure. She was dismissed by President Donald Trump after a single press briefing and later appeared on Fox News.
Alternet reported it asBetrayed Katie Zacharia claims she 'wasn't prepared' for Hannity's attack (opens Alternet in a new tab)
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race results. The action stems from concerns about voter confusion due to two candidates sharing the name Dan Sullivan.
Alternet reported it asTrump accused of preparing a new coup (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Donald Trump told a rally in Arizona that Canada will become the 51st US state, citing trade disputes and suggesting annexation was the only way forward. He also claimed the US loses up to $100 billion annually on trade with Canada.
Alternet reported it asTrump says he's going to make a 51st state —and it's not the one you think (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Judge orders DOJ clarification on East Potomac Golf Course plan and mandates notice before changes
Trust 70A D.C. judge rebuked the Justice Department over its East Potomac Golf Course renovation plan, saying it likely violated the National Environmental Policy Act and ordering ten business days’ notice before any irreversible work. President Trump announced the course will close on 15 November and said his team will appeal.
Alternet reported it asJudge puts Trump on notice as his big mouth blows up his own court case (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Two former FBI officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, face new charges including obstruction of justice. The Department of Justice filed the charges shortly before a court hearing, drawing criticism from the defense.
Alternet reported it asDOJ says it filed superseding indictment in error ahead of 'spicy' hearing (opens Alternet in a new tab)
A proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery could cast shadows on tens of thousands of veteran graves, according to analyses by The Washington Post and VoteVets. The Interior Department disputes the extent of the shadowing.
Alternet reported it asTrump arch will shroud iconic DC landmarks in darkness for most of the year (opens Alternet in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
Alternet reported it asDonald Trump has awakened a sleeping giant (opens Alternet in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
Alternet reported it asJudge delivers humiliating blow to Trump’s DOJ over Comey firing (opens Alternet in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump stated that the US has "knocked the hell out" of Iran and indicated the possibility of further military action. This comes amid reports of US and Israeli military preparations to disrupt Iran's nuclear rebuild.
Alternet reported it asWhite House leaker raises ominous question about Trump’s post-election plot (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Tom Barrack said a US attack on Iran could happen within two days, but President Donald Trump told reporters he did not know of any such plan and recalled his October pledge not to strike before the midterm elections.
Alternet reported it asWhite House leaker raises ominous question about Trump’s post-election plot (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Donald Trump has proposed imposing 200% tariffs on Ukraine and Russia if they do not sign a peace agreement. He claimed tariffs had previously ended five wars but acknowledged they might be ineffective against these two countries due to low trade volumes.
Alternet reported it as'Morally bankrupt': McConnell rips Trump for 'coddling' Russia deals (opens Alternet in a new tab)
Republican campaigns and political action committees have spent almost $3 million at Donald Trump's businesses since he returned to office. The majority of this spending has occurred at Mar-a-Lago, with spending at the Florida resort more than tripling, adjusted for inflation, compared to the same period of his first term.
Alternet reported it asTrump’s private business empire cashes in on GOP loyalty: report (opens Alternet 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
- John K. ByrneIndependentdirect owner
- Michael Rogers (publisher)Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
- Official site
- alternet.org
- Seen publishing on
- alternet.org
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- 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
- 255
- Reports listed
- 275
- We could read
- 8
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
267 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 8 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 59 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Alternet ran the story anyway.
Across the 255 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Alternet: its report arrived a median of 24 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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