Billboard media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Billboard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Billboard biased?
The rating organisations do not give Billboard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Billboard left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Billboard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Billboard reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Billboard are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Billboard has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Billboard’s own report linked underneath.
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
Billboard reported it asEd Sheeran Says Situation in Gaza Is ‘Catastrophic and Unjustifiable’ at Philadelphia Tour Stop (opens Billboard in a new tab)
President Donald Trump reportedly had a heated exchange with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty during a Kennedy Center board call. A federal judge blocked attempts to add Trump's name to the building, a decision the Justice Department has appealed.
Billboard reported it asBarbra Streisand Slams Trump’s ‘Unchecked Ego’ as POTUS Hints at Kennedy Center Demolition (opens Billboard in a new tab)
The White House posted a TikTok showing ICE arrests set to Zara Larsson's "Midnight Sun". Larsson replied on the platform, calling the video dehumanising and the administration "losers". The White House subsequently removed the song from the reel.
Billboard reported it asZara Larsson Slams White House for Using ‘Midnight Sun’ in ICE Video: ‘So Dehumanizing’ (opens Billboard in a new tab)
The animated series South Park began its 29th season with a name change to South America, a new theme song, and a plot involving e-bikes and a Donald Trump cameo. The episode saw Kenny die when his e-bike exploded.
Billboard reported it asBrad Paisley Plays the Name Game on ‘South Park’ Season 29 Premiere With Original Song ‘We Are South America’: Listen (opens Billboard in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Billboard reported it asA Timeline of the Ed Sheeran & Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ Tour Controversy (opens Billboard in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Billboard reported it asEd Sheeran Has No Tour Openers Left After Finneas & Lukas Graham Drop Out Over Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ Controversy (opens Billboard in a new tab)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled its planned 2027 Met Gala exhibition featuring designer John Galliano. The decision follows significant backlash over the designer's past antisemitic and racist comments.
Billboard reported it asMet Gala 2027 Scraps John Galliano Theme Amid Controversy Over Designer’s Past (opens Billboard in a new tab)
Tennessee's governor has proposed renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, days after her death. The proposal faces a policy hurdle regarding naming rights for recently deceased individuals and will be discussed by the airport authority on September 17.
Billboard reported it asNashville Airport to Be Renamed for Dolly Parton, Tennessee Governor Announces (opens Billboard in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
Billboard reported it asHayden Panettiere, ‘Nashville’ and ‘Heroes’ Star, Dies at 36 (opens Billboard in a new tab)
A judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,000 in legal fees after dismissing its lawsuit against him. Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Donald Trump’s name being added to the venue’s façade, a move later ruled illegal.
Billboard reported it asTrump’s Kennedy Center Ordered to Pay $250,000 to Jazz Musician Who Defeated Lawsuit (opens Billboard in a new tab)
Barack Obama will host a new podcast, 'A Great Book with Barack Obama', exploring six books that influenced his worldview. The series, part of a deal between Audible and Obama's media company Higher Ground, will feature discussions with guests and debut exclusively on Audible on 24 September 2026.
Billboard reported it asVic Mensa Launches ‘The Vic Mensa Show’ With Chance The Rapper as First Guest: ‘A Space to Deepen the Dialogue’ (opens Billboard in a new tab)
A documentary about Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker includes footage of the 2008 South Carolina plane crash he survived. The film traces his six-month hospital stay, surgeries, and return to music and flying, ending with family photos.
Billboard reported it asTravis Barker Recalls Daughter Alabama’s Fear Before His 2008 Plane Crash: ‘The Roof’s Gonna Come Off!’ (opens Billboard 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
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
- Eldridge IndustriesPrivate Equitydirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- billboard.com
- Seen publishing on
- billboard.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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
9 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
We have not seen Billboard cover a story that outlets rated left were largely absent from.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Billboard: its report arrived a median of 22 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 22 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 6 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Billboard, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Billboard publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.