Buenos Aires Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Buenos Aires Times as leaning right. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Buenos Aires Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Buenos Aires Times as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Buenos Aires Times left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Buenos Aires Times as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Buenos Aires Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Buenos Aires Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Buenos Aires Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Buenos Aires Times’s own report linked underneath.
Argentina's government has introduced a bill to Congress that would impose sanctions, including up to 20 years imprisonment, on companies exploiting natural resources in the Falkland Islands without Argentine authorisation. The islands are administered by the UK but claimed by Argentina.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asMilei administration sends Malvinas sovereignty defence bill to Congress (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
An Argentine judge has ordered companies to cease oilfield development near the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-standing sovereignty dispute with the UK. The ruling mandates a halt to drilling pending an environmental review, while Argentina also prepares new legal complaints and tougher sanctions.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asJudge orders suspension of 'Sea Lion' Malvinas oil project (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he could resolve any conflict over the Falkland Islands, calling a war between the UK and Argentina a "potential disaster." He suggested the UK might be unwilling to travel the distance to defend the islands, citing domestic issues.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asTrump says he could settle UK-Argentina dispute over Malvinas (opens Buenos Aires Times 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.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asUnited States marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
Argentine President Javier Milei announced sanctions against companies involved in oil projects near the Falkland Islands and the construction of a new naval base in Tierra del Fuego. The moves come amid renewed tensions over the islands' sovereignty, fueled by remarks from former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asMilei announces tougher Malvinas sanctions, new naval base (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has indicated his administration is reviewing the United States' position on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. This potential shift from a long-standing policy of neutrality could have significant diplomatic implications for the dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asTrump says US reviewing Washington's position on Malvinas Islands (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Venezuela granting the United States majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of the country's oil reserves. Trump described the deal as the largest in world history, predicting it would increase US reserves and reduce fuel prices.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asTrump announces deal for huge US stake in Venezuelan oil reserves (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has taken the lead in the second informal vote for UN Secretary-General, surpassing Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan. The vote, held by the Security Council, aims to gauge support among candidates to succeed Antonio Guterres.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asGrossi remains in the running for top UN post after second straw poll (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has taken the lead in the second informal vote for UN Secretary-General, surpassing Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan. The vote, held by the Security Council, aims to gauge support among candidates to succeed Antonio Guterres.
Buenos Aires Times reported it asUN holds second informal poll of secretary-general candidates (opens Buenos Aires Times in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Buenos Aires Times.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina
- Official site
- batimes.com.ar
- Seen publishing on
- batimes.com.ar
- 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
- 8
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
9 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 2 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Buenos Aires Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Buenos Aires Times: its report arrived a median of 35 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Buenos Aires Times, also publishing from Argentina, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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