Charleston Gazette-Mail media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Charleston Gazette-Mail one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Charleston Gazette-Mail biased?
The rating organisations do not give Charleston Gazette-Mail one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Charleston Gazette-Mail left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Charleston Gazette-Mail one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Charleston Gazette-Mail reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Charleston Gazette-Mail 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 Charleston Gazette-Mail has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Charleston Gazette-Mail’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asTrump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons sale (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail 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.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asFederal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump's demands (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on a select group of Canadian products, including motorboats and steel, while simultaneously removing tariffs on others like cement and toilet paper. The measures are part of an escalating trade war between the two nations.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asJames Bacchus: Trump's trade war is driving the world away (Opinion) (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asSecond federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asEPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail 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.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asSmithsonian marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a display of rare artifacts (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said its Active Operations Department struck a Russian Su‑24 in temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of 7 September. Video shows tail number 49; the extent of damage is still being evaluated.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asUS envoys Witkoff and Kushner hold talks in Ukraine after meeting with Putin (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
Millions of affordable rental units in the U.S. remain vacant because the poorest households cannot afford them. These households, earning below 30% of area median income, face severe housing shortages, with many paying over half their income on rent and utilities.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asThe poorest in the US can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance stated the conflict with Iran is not a war and that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is nearly back to normal. President Trump is reportedly considering declaring victory.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asIran claims a strike on a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz but the US denies it (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asExcavation work on Trump's arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it ordered the 173rd Airborne Brigade to stop specializing in drone warfare. The unit had been developing its own drones and practicing tactics pioneered by Ukraine.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asLawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
A U.S.-backed company, North American Blue Energy Partners, is set to take over oilfields in Venezuela previously operated by Chinese and Russian firms. The deal grants the U.S. government a significant stake and preferential access to production.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asUnited States Government and North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Reach Historic Deal to Develop Venezuela's Oil Sector (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
The Trump administration has begun building a border wall project on land belonging to the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona. The tribe alleges federal agents and contractors trespassed on its land, damaging sacred sites, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection states the area is a dangerous smuggling route.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asTrump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objections (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump administration (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail in a new tab)
Robert Gilman, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia since 2022, was released on 11 August 2026 after reports of severe abuse and deteriorating health. U.S. and Russian officials said the move was not part of a prisoner exchange, and Gilman is now receiving medical care in Texas.
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported it asFormer US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- HD MediaIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Official site
- wvgazettemail.com
- Seen publishing on
- wvgazettemail.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- 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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 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 3 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Charleston Gazette-Mail ran the story anyway.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Charleston Gazette-Mail: 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 5 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Charleston Gazette-Mail, 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.
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