Boston 25 News media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston 25 News in the centre. We have seen it on 20 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Boston 25 News biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston 25 News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Boston 25 News left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston 25 News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Boston 25 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Boston 25 News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Boston 25 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Boston 25 News’s own report linked underneath.
In the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, juror Michael P. Desronvil was the sole holdout against an insanity acquittal, leading to an 11‑1 deadlock and a mistrial declared by Judge William Sullivan. Desronvil maintains prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly killed her three children.
Boston 25 News reported it as‘Didn’t have any doubts’: Holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial speaks out (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a new European Heatwave Plan and a future firefighting fleet. The announcement follows a summer of record heat across the EU, which scientists linked to climate change and which caused tens of thousands of additional deaths.
Boston 25 News reported it asEU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated the United States should have the lowest interest rates in the world. He made the remarks ahead of the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy meeting, arguing the nation's strong credit allows it to influence global economics.
Boston 25 News reported it asFederal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump's demands (opens Boston 25 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.
Boston 25 News reported it asEx-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Boston 25 News reported it asSearch underway for about 130 people after Indonesian ferry overturns (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Boston 25 News reported it asRemembering 9/11: Ceremonies mark 25th anniversary of the attacks on America (live updates) (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a new poll shows they remain a significant historical event for many Americans. While about two-thirds believe 9/11 impacted the country, few plan to commemorate the upcoming anniversary.
Boston 25 News reported it asSept. 11 ranks among the most historic events in many Americans’ lifetimes, polling shows (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
Boston 25 News reported it asICE officer pleads not guilty to lying about shooting and is ordered released from custody (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
The 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes awarded ten research teams for studies that are scientifically sound but unusual. This year's ceremony was held in Zurich, marking the first time the event took place outside the United States.
Boston 25 News reported it asScientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Jurors deliberated for a third day without reaching a verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three young children in January 2023. The case hinges on whether she acted due to postpartum psychosis or made a conscious choice.
Boston 25 News reported it asLindsay Clancy trial reaches impasse as jury says it cannot reach unanimous verdict (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump posted on social media that Iran's Kharg Island was being 'blown to smithereens'. This followed a US strike on Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claimed to have launched ballistic missiles at US bases in Jordan, which Jordanian air defences intercepted.
Boston 25 News reported it asUnited Arab Emirates says it has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Iran's army claimed to have attacked the Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates with drones. The strike targeted areas where US forces and helicopters were stationed, according to Iran, which stated it was in response to US strikes on Larak Island. Oil prices rose following the incident.
Boston 25 News reported it asUnited Arab Emirates says it has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Massachusetts State Representative Francisco Paulino has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of fraud and money laundering. He is accused of orchestrating a scheme to obtain over $700,000 in federal pandemic relief funds, allegedly using some for personal expenses and campaign contributions.
Boston 25 News reported it asState representative charged for alleged pandemic benefit fraud (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
CIA Director John Ratcliffe was reportedly in Moscow for meetings, according to US media. The Kremlin stated no talks with US envoys were scheduled for that week. A US military aircraft flew from Riga to Moscow.
Boston 25 News reported it asThe Kremlin says the CIA director held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
Boston 25 News reported it asAt least 72 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
Boston 25 News reported it asAt least 72 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Former Illinois Deputy Sean Grayson, convicted of the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, has died in prison. Grayson was serving a 20-year sentence and had been seeking medical release due to stage 4 cancer.
Boston 25 News reported it asDeputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey dies (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Israel’s military will investigate two attacks in Gaza: the February 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the May 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Rafah. It will not investigate three other incidents, including strikes that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders.
Boston 25 News reported it asIsrael’s military to open criminal probes into 2 Gaza attacks on Palestinians (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Western Europe faced its fifth heatwave of the summer on 13 August 2026, with temperatures reaching 38.1°C in the UK and 38°C in France. The June-July average broke records, and 135 million people were exposed to extreme heat, expected to ease by the weekend.
Boston 25 News reported it asBritain to swelter again as it looks poised for a record hot summer (opens Boston 25 News in a new tab)
Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens has become a high-stakes battle over the party’s future, with El-Sayed backed by progressives and Stevens by the establishment. The winner will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.
Boston 25 News reported it asThe Latest: Michigan Democratic Senate primary is a test between progressives and the establishment (opens Boston 25 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
Who owns it
- Cox Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Apollo Global ManagementPrivate Equityparent group
- Cox EnterprisesMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- boston25news.com
- Seen publishing on
- boston25news.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
- 20
- Reports listed
- 20
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
20 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. Boston 25 News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 20 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Boston 25 News: its report arrived a median of 10 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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