Bedford Gazette media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Bedford Gazette in the centre. We have seen it on 24 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Bedford Gazette biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Bedford Gazette in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Bedford Gazette left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Bedford Gazette in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Bedford Gazette reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Bedford Gazette are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Bedford Gazette has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Bedford Gazette’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Bedford Gazette reported it asCarney embraces EU associate membership proposal as Trump pushes Canada closer to Europe (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Four individuals serving mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reconsider their cases. They filed a rare King's Bench petition after the state legislature adjourned without passing legislation to address a prior court ruling that found such sentences unconstitutional.
Bedford Gazette reported it asLifers ask Pa. Supreme Court to open pathway for resentencing after lawmakers fail to act (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Millions of affordable rental units in the U.S. remain vacant because the poorest households cannot afford them. These households, earning below 30% of area median income, face severe housing shortages, with many paying over half their income on rent and utilities.
Bedford Gazette reported it asThe poorest in the US can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Ruth Wang, a lawyer who defended members of Beijing's unregistered Zion Church, has fled to Taiwan and is seeking help with resettlement. She states Chinese authorities pressured her firm to dissolve or face closure.
Bedford Gazette reported it asAP Exclusive: Lawyer for China's Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Pennsylvania officer charged with manslaughter after shooting college student at wrong house
Trust 42A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a 22-year-old college student who knocked on the wrong door. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced the charge on 1 September 2026, stating the officer’s actions were not justified.
Bedford Gazette reported it asPennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a US-sponsored financial literacy competition at the G20 finance ministers' meeting. He presented the Trump Accounts program as a potential model for other nations, while critics argue such initiatives overlook income inequality.
Bedford Gazette reported it asBessent pitches US-backed financial literacy competition to world's largest economies (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
Bedford Gazette reported it asPostal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
A federal judge has authorized involuntary feeding and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is jailed on charges of shooting two National Guard troops. Lakanwal was hospitalized in July after he stopped eating, and the order allows medical staff to provide nutrition against his will.
Bedford Gazette reported it asJudge authorizes involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory is designed to study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets, collecting vast amounts of data to deepen our understanding of the universe.
Bedford Gazette reported it asNewest space telescope launches (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
US military Patriot missile interceptor stocks in Europe are at a critical shortage, according to defense and NATO officials. The depletion is attributed to the war with Iran and previous transfers to Ukraine, raising concerns about European defense capabilities.
Bedford Gazette reported it asExclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on 19 August 2026 for a two-day visit, meeting President Lee Jae Myung and senior officials. The trip follows US President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, prompting regional reactions.
Bedford Gazette reported it asNorth Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Astronomers have identified a star, S301, orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole at 25,000 kilometres per second, the fastest known in the galaxy. Its tight orbit may enable scientists to measure the black hole’s spin, testing Einstein’s general relativity.
Bedford Gazette reported it asTelescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center told a federal court it will not restore Donald Trump’s name to its facade before 8 September, following a judge’s order to remove it in May. The board also voted to close the venue for two years of renovations and rename its plaza after Trump, prompting further legal challenges.
Bedford Gazette reported it asKennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8 (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
The United Arab Emirates announced a full suspension of trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on 18 August 2026, citing regional escalation after Iranian ballistic missiles were detected targeting maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not claimed responsibility for the attacks on UAE state-owned ADNOC vessels.
Bedford Gazette reported it asUnited Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran after coming under renewed missile fire (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced new permit and tax exemption rules for data centres, requiring full electricity cost payment and water use limits. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered regulators to prevent higher electricity bills from data centres and pledged to end a billion-dollar annual tax break. Both moves follow rising public opposition to the energy-intensive facilities.
Bedford Gazette reported it asGovernors' races are being increasingly buffeted by the toxic politics of data centers (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Disney’s ABC filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on 18 August 2026, alleging the agency is retaliating against the network for its editorial decisions. The suit targets early licence-renewal orders for eight stations and an investigation into the talk show 'The View'.
Bedford Gazette reported it asTime for the FCC to let us be (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Robert Gilman, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia since 2022, was released on 11 August 2026 after reports of severe abuse and deteriorating health. U.S. and Russian officials said the move was not part of a prisoner exchange, and Gilman is now receiving medical care in Texas.
Bedford Gazette reported it asFormer US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
Bedford Gazette reported it asZuckerberg manifesto pushes an open-source approach on AI as Meta releases its latest model (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Count Binface, a comedic candidate whose real name is Jon Harvey, is running in the Clacton-on-Sea special election after Nigel Farage resigned his seat. The major UK parties are boycotting the vote, leaving Binface as the default challenger to Farage.
Bedford Gazette reported it asCount Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Seven people were killed and dozens injured in overnight exchanges of drone and missile strikes between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian attacks in Belgorod killed five, while Russian strikes in Kharkiv and Odesa killed two and injured 21, according to local officials.
Bedford Gazette reported it asRussia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes that leave 7 dead, many injured (opens Bedford Gazette in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Bedford Gazette.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- bedfordgazette.com
- Seen publishing on
- bedfordgazette.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
- 24
- Reports listed
- 24
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
24 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Bedford Gazette is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 24 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Bedford Gazette: its report arrived a median of 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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