Chronicle Online media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Chronicle Online in the centre. We have seen it on 91 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Chronicle Online biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Chronicle Online in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Chronicle Online left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Chronicle Online in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Chronicle Online reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Chronicle Online are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Chronicle Online has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Chronicle Online’s own report linked underneath.
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Chronicle Online reported it asMeet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
USPS halts Trump‑linked mail‑voting system, Postmaster General David Steiner says work stopped
Trust 56The United States Postal Service stopped work on a computer system designed to support President Donald Trump's plan to limit mail voting. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the pause on Thursday, following the Supreme Court's rejection of the related executive order earlier that week.
Chronicle Online reported it asThe Latest: Postal chief says work has stopped on system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
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.
Chronicle Online reported it asEarly voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Scientists are engineering soybeans with deeper root systems to improve climate resilience and enhance carbon sequestration. The Salk Institute, with funding from the Bezos Earth Fund, is leading this research, identifying and editing genes to promote root growth and carbon storage.
Chronicle Online reported it asScientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Chronicle Online reported it asRussians begin 3 days of voting in a parliamentary election set to cement the Kremlin's power (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Chronicle Online reported it asRussians begin 3 days of voting in a parliamentary election set to cement the Kremlin's power (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Abu Zubaydah, held at Guantanamo Bay for two decades without charges, appeared at a hearing to review his detention. A U.S. official described him as a trusted facilitator for Osama bin Laden, while his attorneys argued he was never an al-Qaida member and poses no threat.
Chronicle Online reported it asMan accused of ties to bin Laden and tortured after 9/11 has 20-year Guantanamo detention reviewed (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
Chronicle Online reported it asRussian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
Chronicle Online reported it asRussian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Chronicle Online reported it asCarney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Myanmar state media reported the deportation of US businessman Adam Castillo after he spent months in jail. Supporters claim the charges against him were fabricated. The Washington Post reported Castillo had been jailed for three months.
Chronicle Online reported it asUS businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says (opens Chronicle Online 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.
Chronicle Online reported it asArgentine judge orders halt to Falklands oil project as tensions with Britain rise (opens Chronicle Online 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.
Chronicle Online reported it asMistrial declared in New Hampshire youth detention center sex abuse case (opens Chronicle Online 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.
Chronicle Online reported it asZelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Firefighters have entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters following a blaze that killed at least five people and left 84 missing. Rescuers are continuing their search for those unaccounted for after the vessel caught fire two nights prior.
Chronicle Online reported it asRescuers pull more bodies from burned Philippine ferry as death toll hits 76 (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Chronicle Online reported it asTrump is heading to Ireland for the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf course (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday. They face up to 10 years in prison for inciting subversion under the national security law, a case seen as a measure of freedoms in the city.
Chronicle Online reported it asHong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison in national security case (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
Chronicle Online reported it asDemocrats say Trump's 'bizarre' convention is a distraction from his faltering presidency (opens Chronicle Online 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.
Chronicle Online reported it asStocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump above $100 a barrel after US and Iran war escalates (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
Chronicle Online reported it asNew Apple CEO to unveil latest iPhone lineup (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Chronicle Online.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida, United States
- Official site
- chronicleonline.com
- Seen publishing on
- chronicleonline.com
- 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
- 91
- Reports listed
- 91
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
91 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. Chronicle Online is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 91 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Chronicle Online’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 29 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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