Civil Beat media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Civil Beat one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Civil Beat biased?
The rating organisations do not give Civil Beat one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; 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 Civil Beat left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Civil Beat one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Civil Beat reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Civil Beat 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 Civil Beat has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Civil Beat’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Civil Beat reported it asDemocrats Win Control Of Both Chambers Of Congress (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
Civil Beat reported it asDemocrats Win Control Of Both Chambers Of Congress (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Civil Beat reported it as‘The Biggest Change Happens Locally’: Last-Minute Voters Cast Their Ballots (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Civil Beat reported it asFirst Mainland Polls Close As Voters Pass Judgment On Trump’s Second Term (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
A new poll indicates Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander adults are increasingly disillusioned with President Donald Trump and Republicans. Democrats hold a significant advantage on issues such as the economy and healthcare among this demographic.
Civil Beat reported it asDemocrats Gain Ground With AAPI Adults As Trust In GOP Fades, Poll Finds (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
An FBI anti-corruption team investigated allegations of a bribery scheme involving Senator Lindsey Graham and a Hawaii-based defense contractor. The probe reportedly went dark after the Trump administration reduced resources for the FBI and Department of Justice.
Civil Beat reported it asTrump’s FBI Purge Upended Bribery Probe Involving Hawaiʻi Contractor (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
The FBI sought to launch a pay-to-play investigation into interactions between Senator Susan Collins and a top donor, Martin Kao, but the probe reportedly ended after Donald Trump returned to office. Kao was indicted for illegal campaign contributions.
Civil Beat reported it asThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way (opens Civil Beat 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.
Civil Beat reported it asHawaiʻi voting groups cheer as high court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
Earthjustice filed a federal lawsuit on 18 August 2026 to halt the US government’s auction of 33 million acres of seabed off American Samoa for deep-sea mining. The suit argues the plan threatens endangered species and violates environmental laws, while the Trump administration seeks to expedite permits despite international calls for a moratorium.
Civil Beat reported it asNonprofit Sues To Block Auction Of American Samoa Waters For Deep-Sea Mining (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
The U.S. Defense Department has extended the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029, with an estimated cost of $1.4 billion. The move, ordered by President Donald Trump in 2025, has drawn criticism from local officials and Democrats over costs and city autonomy.
Civil Beat reported it asGuard Deployment To Washington Into 2029 Will Cost Roughly $1.4B (opens Civil Beat in a new tab)
Kirill Basin, a Democratic candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, was arrested on 3 August 2026 after allegedly threatening beachgoers with a knife and implying he had a gun. A video shows him being knocked unconscious by another man. He faces two felony charges and $1 million bail.
Civil Beat reported it asLongshot Congressional Candidate Arrested After Maui Beach Altercation (opens Civil Beat 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
- Honolulu Civil Beat Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Official site
- civilbeat.org
- Seen publishing on
- civilbeat.org
- 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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
10 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Civil Beat is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Civil Beat: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Civil Beat, 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.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Civil Beat publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.