Blast media bias and reliability
Blast is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 6 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Blast biased?
Blast is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Blast left or right?
Blast is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is Blast reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for Blast. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What Blast has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Blast’s own report linked underneath.
Hundreds of thousands of people protested across France on Thursday during a nationwide strike called by unions demanding higher wages and better public services. The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors, and transport and other services faced disruption.
Blast reported it asProtests of 5 November: Prefectures Lock the Street, Trade Unions Seize Justice (opens Blast in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
Blast reported it asExclusive Information Blast: Prime Minister Prepared Social Network Shutdown for October 24 (opens Blast 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.
Blast reported it asProhibition of Protest on 24 October: Trade Unions, NGOs and Courts Rise to the Niche Against "a Disturbing Turning Point" (opens Blast in a new tab)
Marine Le Pen has publicly stated her complete confidence in Jordan Bardella, the president of her National Rally party. Bardella is accused of sending anti-Semitic messages between 2013 and 2015, claims he denies.
Blast reported it asBardella: Anti-Semitism, an RN Pool (opens Blast in a new tab)
Investigative outlet Mediapart reported on alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella from 2013. Bardella has formally denied the claims, calling them 'blatant falsehoods' and 'gross forgeries'. Marine Le Pen defended Bardella, suggesting the allegations were a fabrication.
Blast reported it asMediapart Reveals Anti-Semitic Writings by Jordan Bardella (opens Blast in a new tab)
Seven candidates for the 2027 French presidential election participated in a debate organised by Medef, focusing on economic topics. Key figures like Édouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Marine Le Pen, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon presented their platforms amidst concerns from business leaders.
Blast reported it as« Medef Debate: The Abject Corporate Propaganda for 2027 » (opens Blast in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed Blast. We asked on 28 October 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Blast.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- blast-info.fr
- Seen publishing on
- blast-info.fr
- 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
- 6
- Reports listed
- 6
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 29 August 2026
6 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. Blast has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 6 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Blast: its report arrived a median of 5 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 14 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 November 2026. Ratings pulled 28 October 2026.
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