Arizona Daily Sun media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Arizona Daily Sun as leaning left. We have seen it on 77 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Arizona Daily Sun biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Arizona Daily Sun as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Arizona Daily Sun left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Arizona Daily Sun as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Arizona Daily Sun reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Arizona Daily Sun 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 Arizona Daily Sun has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Arizona Daily Sun’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Katie Hobbs has won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican Andy Biggs. Early returns showed Hobbs with a commanding lead, securing her second term in office.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asBlue wave sweeps across Arizona, matching national trends (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asVance says Iran war led to Dems’ sweep (opens Arizona Daily Sun 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.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asKey conclusions from GOP’s midterm election wipeout (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
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.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asKey conclusions from GOP’s midterm election wipeout (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
The US trade deficit decreased by 0.6 percent to $105 billion in September, according to Commerce Department data. This figure was lower than the $107.7 billion projected by analysts, as both imports and exports saw increases.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asAmerica’s trade deficit remained elevated in Sept. (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
European stock markets saw significant gains following the US midterm elections, with banking and clean energy sectors leading the advance. The dollar weakened against major currencies as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asStocks rise as Dems flip control of Congress (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asUS strikes Qeshm Island in defensive measure (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asPatrick Stewart was regal, stately and quite hilarious (opens Arizona Daily Sun 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.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asJudge rejects attempt to pause Alaska’s Senate election (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asAreas near Sedona, Camp Verde told to evacuate as Oak Creek rises due to heavy rainfall; flooding snarls travel in Flagstaff (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his coalition's parliamentary majority following recent elections. Neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition secured the 61 seats needed for a majority, leading President Isaac Herzog to begin consultations with parties to form a government and avoid further elections.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asIsrael unlikely to change policies, global isolation (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Imperial Oil announced a third-quarter profit of $2.45 billion, a significant increase from $539 million in the same period last year. The company's results were bolstered by rising oil prices and improved refining margins, while upstream production saw a slight decrease.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asUS oil industry hits $130B profit in Iran war (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, in an effort to restart peace negotiations and prevent potential US bombings. President Donald Trump has denied directing Vance to initiate these talks.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asVance proposes restarting Iran peace talks (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Rep. Haley Stevens faced backlash from fellow Democrats after she declined to explicitly endorse Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a CNN interview. Critics argued her response was insufficient ahead of the midterm elections.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asIn Michigan, El-Sayed faces heat from primary rival (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asLula wins ‘miracle’ election in Brazil (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Elon Musk has contributed more than $445 million to the US election cycle, supporting Republican campaigns for the midterm elections. His political action committee, America PAC, has spent millions backing GOP candidates in key Senate and House races.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asMusk and other tech tycoons spend big on Congress, including key Arizona races (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asMelania says she brokered Ukrainian city ceasefire (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia experienced two attacks on an airport and an oilfield, resulting in the death of one Indian national and injuries to others. India's Ministry of External Affairs has condemned the incidents.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asHouthi strike on Saudi airport kills 2 (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
AI has identified critical security flaws in the PHP programming language, potentially impacting 70% of global websites. Millions of cyberattack attempts have been recorded as governments and companies scramble to patch the vulnerabilities.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asRush to fix security flaw takes sites briefly offline (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Weekend unrest in France left roughly 3,000 shops damaged and could generate claims exceeding €13 billion. Authorities launched a digital tool to identify looters, and insurers prepared to assist, though coverage may be limited.
Arizona Daily Sun reported it asFrench authorities ban some protests after riots (opens Arizona Daily Sun in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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
- Wick CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- azdailysun.com
- Seen publishing on
- azdailysun.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
- 77
- Reports listed
- 77
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
75 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 29 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Arizona Daily Sun ran the story anyway.
Across the 77 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Arizona Daily Sun: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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