Bangor Daily News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Bangor Daily News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 144 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Bangor Daily News biased?
The rating organisations do not give Bangor Daily News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Bangor Daily News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Bangor Daily News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Bangor Daily News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Bangor Daily News are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Bangor Daily News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Bangor Daily News’s own report linked underneath.
Scientists are engineering soybeans with deeper root systems to improve climate resilience and enhance carbon sequestration. The Salk Institute, with funding from the Bezos Earth Fund, is leading this research, identifying and editing genes to promote root growth and carbon storage.
Bangor Daily News reported it asScientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice will investigate AI-related crimes but will not be a regulatory body for the technology. He accused Democrats of using the AI debate to influence the midterm elections and prefers a restrained approach to enforcement actions against AI companies.
Bangor Daily News reported it asAttorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
USPS halts Trump‑linked mail‑voting system, Postmaster General David Steiner says work stopped
Trust 56The United States Postal Service stopped work on a computer system designed to support President Donald Trump's plan to limit mail voting. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the pause on Thursday, following the Supreme Court's rejection of the related executive order earlier that week.
Bangor Daily News reported it asPostal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official convicted of corruption, has fled the U.S. for Greece before his sentencing. He travelled by boat and plane, and his dual citizenship may prevent extradition.
Bangor Daily News reported it asEx-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The removal of the last dam on Maine's Narraguagus River has created prime habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon. However, conservationists caution that climate change presents significant challenges to the species' long-term comeback.
Bangor Daily News reported it asA Down East river may reopen to salmon, but climate change looms over their comeback (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong Blocks Warrantless Immigration Arrests in Southern California
Trust 42U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine a person is likely to escape. The order applies to the Central District of California and follows a lawsuit by immigrant advocacy groups.
Bangor Daily News reported it asFederal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California (opens Bangor Daily News 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.
Bangor Daily News reported it asHouse nears vote on Russia sanctions bill named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit, created in 2021, is plagued by staffing problems, leading to case backlogs and families not receiving necessary victim services. Federal spending has increased, but a significant portion of funds are redirected, and many positions remain unfilled.
Bangor Daily News reported it asStaffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
LeJames Norman was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for a 2005 triple murder. On the same day, a Georgia judge issued a stay of execution for Stacey Humphreys, citing a new sentencing law.
Bangor Daily News reported it asTexas plans to execute a man convicted in the killings of 3 people; Georgia execution put on hold (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
A trade war between the United States and Canada has led to reciprocal tariffs on approximately $20 billion of goods. Small business owners report increased costs and reduced sales, exacerbated by rising energy prices linked to the Iran war.
Bangor Daily News reported it asUS-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has publicly criticized the Supreme Court justices he appointed after the court rejected his administration's planned restrictions on mail ballots. This follows a pattern of Trump expressing admiration for favorable rulings and sharp criticism for unfavorable ones.
Bangor Daily News reported it asTrump and the court: If he wins, he's happy. When he loses, he ridicules justices he appointed (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has proposed new initiatives to enhance postpartum care, including free nurse home visits for all new parents and updated mental health screening regulations. The proposals follow the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, which highlighted concerns about maternal mental health.
Bangor Daily News reported it asMassachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Lindsay Clancy trial (opens Bangor Daily News 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.
Bangor Daily News reported it asIran war has cost the US more than $38B, budget office says (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
Bangor Daily News reported it asKennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes, Trump branding dispute, AP sources say (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
A sexual assault trial is underway in New Hampshire for former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60. He faces 21 charges related to alleged abuse of four boys at a Manchester youth detention center in the late 1990s. The case is part of a larger scandal involving over 1,100 lawsuits.
Bangor Daily News reported it asMistrial declared in New Hampshire youth detention center sex abuse case (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
A federal bribery trial is underway for Washington, D.C., Council member Trayon White. Prosecutors allege he accepted $35,000 in cash from an informant in exchange for using his position to help a businessman extend city contracts.
Bangor Daily News reported it asFederal corruption trial opens for DC Council member Trayon White (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Bangor Daily News reported it asTrump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The US Space Force has confirmed the deployment of weapons in Earth orbit, marking the first public acknowledgement of such capabilities. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the weapons are intended for defence against hostile actions, though specific details remain undisclosed.
Bangor Daily News reported it asUS acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force placed "space control weapons" to deter adversaries, drawing accusations from China and Russia.
Bangor Daily News reported it asUS acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
The Congressional Black Caucus Institute has launched a voter outreach campaign called "SO VOTE," led by former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge. The initiative aims to register and mobilize Black, rural, and young voters, with a budget of at least $4.5 million.
Bangor Daily News reported it asBlack Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms (opens Bangor Daily News 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.
Very high factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Bangor Publishing CompanyIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States
- Official site
- bangordailynews.com
- Seen publishing on
- bangordailynews.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- 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
- 144
- Reports listed
- 146
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
146 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 10 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Bangor Daily News ran the story anyway.
Across the 144 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Bangor Daily News’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 10 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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