Boston Herald media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston Herald as leaning right. We have seen it on 51 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Boston Herald biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston Herald as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Boston Herald left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Boston Herald as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Boston Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Boston Herald are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Boston Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Boston Herald’s own report linked underneath.
Early in-person voting for the U.S. midterm elections began on September 18, 2026, in Virginia and other states. The elections will determine control of the House and Senate, with key issues including the cost of living and the war in Iran.
Boston Herald reported it asEarly voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
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.
Boston Herald reported it asCarney embraces EU associate membership proposal as Trump pushes Canada closer to Europe (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
A 56-year-old Nigerian national, Gladys Adaeze Okafor, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully voting in US elections. She allegedly voted in the 2022 midterm and 2024 presidential primary elections after falsely claiming US citizenship on voter registration forms.
Boston Herald reported it asPolice Blotter: Non-citizen charged for voting in Lynn (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion arms package that includes 40,000 heavy aerial bombs. The sale, reported by The Washington Post, involves munitions that have been linked to civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon.
Boston Herald reported it asTop Democrat places hold on Trump administration’s plan to sell heavy bombs to Israel (opens Boston Herald 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.
Boston Herald reported it asHouse nears vote on Russia sanctions bill named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Boston Herald reported it asStocks give up early gains and fall after the Fed hikes interest rates; Dow loses 750 points (opens Boston Herald 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.
Boston Herald reported it asEd Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore (opens Boston Herald 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.
Boston Herald reported it asTrump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots (opens Boston Herald 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.
Boston Herald reported it asUS watchdog tallies Iran war’s hit to weapons stockpiles, military bases and more (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have significantly reduced the country's diesel production. Three of Russia's six largest diesel-producing refineries cut production or halted operations entirely in September due to damage from these strikes.
Boston Herald reported it asZelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Boston Herald reported it asTrump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Boston Herald reported it asTrump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has stated he will not intervene in the Lindsay Clancy case, calling it a "state situation" and not a federal matter. Clancy's attorney had publicly requested a presidential pardon.
Boston Herald reported it asTrump responds to Lindsay Clancy lawyer pardon plea: ‘No win no matter what’ (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
Boston Herald reported it asFederal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic reported that a group in northern Yemen used its Claude chatbot to develop guidance software for weapons, including a guided rocket and a ballistic missile. The company banned the accounts after detecting the activity.
Boston Herald reported it asUsers in Houthi-held Yemen tried to develop advanced weapons with AI, Anthropic says (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
The Justice Department announced the deportation of Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan woman accused of aiding a terror plot. Her case was the first to use the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal established 30 years ago, which had not been activated until this summer.
Boston Herald reported it asAfghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials say (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
The Trump administration proposed changes to the U.S. census that would count only citizens and permanent residents, potentially excluding millions and reshaping political representation and federal funding. The changes could also eliminate demographic questions.
Boston Herald reported it asTrump pushes 2030 census to exclude immigrants, not ask about race (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
Boston Herald reported it asOil surges above $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks, while gasoline prices also jump (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
Boston Herald reported it asMidterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump’s order creates uncertainty (opens Boston Herald in a new tab)
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has targeted the Bauhaus art movement, calling it an 'aberration of modernism' in its election program. The attacks have drawn criticism from the country's culture minister, who compared the language to that used by Nazis.
Boston Herald reported it asGerman far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election (opens Boston Herald 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
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High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Digital First MediaCorporationdirect owner
- Alden Global CapitalPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- bostonherald.com
- Seen publishing on
- bostonherald.com
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- 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
- 51
- Reports listed
- 52
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
52 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 25 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Boston Herald ran the story anyway.
Across the 51 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Boston Herald: its report arrived a median of 24 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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