Crooks and Liars media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Crooks and Liars one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Far left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 204 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Crooks and Liars biased?
The rating organisations do not give Crooks and Liars one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Far left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Crooks and Liars left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Crooks and Liars one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Far left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Crooks and Liars reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Crooks and Liars are Ad Fontes Media: Low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Crooks and Liars has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Crooks and Liars’s own report linked underneath.
Actor Bill Murray interrupted a live CNBC interview with Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to Donald Trump, asking him to say the words 'My dog just died' in an attempt to wipe the smile off his face. Hassett complied without smiling.
Crooks and Liars reported it asTrump's 'Always Smiling' Economist Freaks Out Bill Murray On Live TV (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Daniel J. Sullivan, an independent Alaska Senate candidate with a name similar to the Republican incumbent, has left his hometown of Petersburg days before the election. His departure has intensified claims that he was recruited as a 'decoy' to confuse voters.
Crooks and Liars reported it asNYT Can't Justify Peltola Hit Job As Journalism (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Crooks and Liars reported it asJudge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit In Alaska Senate Race (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Crooks and Liars reported it asHaley Stevens' Staff Resigns After Her Surprise 'Despicable Betrayal' (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's rally in Salina, Kansas, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the cancellation five days before the November 3, 2026, Election Day.
Crooks and Liars reported it as'Way Out Of Shape!': Trump Attacks Reporter's Weight In Bizarre Tarmac Meltdown (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called Donald Trump an 'idiot' during an appearance on Hasan Minhaj's podcast. El-Sayed also spoke about the high cost of healthcare deductibles and the serious consequences of political decisions.
Crooks and Liars reported it asEl-Sayed Eloquently Destroys Trump And Company (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Senator Susan Collins' campaign released an attack ad featuring broadcaster Bill Green that suggests Democratic candidate Troy Jackson is unqualified for the Senate due to his working-class background. The ad has drawn criticism, with a former Collins aide calling it a sign of campaign decline.
Crooks and Liars reported it asSusan Collins - Cord Of Wood (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Ryan Higgins, a senior adviser to Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, has shared online posts containing racist, homophobic, and conspiratorial views. These posts include comments about LGBTQ+ people and illegal immigrants.
Crooks and Liars reported it asEXPOSED: Repulsive Posts From Whiskey Pete's Spiritual Advisor Resurface (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
Crooks and Liars reported it as‘Breathtaking’: Trump Humiliated As Judge Orders Foe’s Daughter Rehired With Back Pay (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race results. The action stems from concerns about voter confusion due to two candidates sharing the name Dan Sullivan.
Crooks and Liars reported it asBlanche’s Own Words Turned Against Him In Alaska Suit (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated he does not "give a damn" about criticism regarding the United States making a "fortune" from high oil prices. He claimed the US oil and gas industry was making "hundreds of billions of dollars" due to events in the Middle East.
Crooks and Liars reported it asDonald Brags 'We're Making A Fortune' While Working Class Suffers (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
President Trump has intensified his false accusations against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a 'jihadist' and a 'Muslim Brotherhood member'. El-Sayed has responded by dismissing the attacks as distractions from key issues.
Crooks and Liars reported it asJ6 Insurrectionist Has The Nerve To Label El-Sayed 'Jihadist' (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt held a pre-wedding celebration at Mar-a-Lago. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were among the attendees. Hannity stated he paid fair market value for the venue.
Crooks and Liars reported it asHannity And Earhardt Held Their Wedding Rehearsal Dinner At Mar-A-Lago (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
Crooks and Liars reported it asObama: White House Looks Like Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
Crooks and Liars reported it asObama: White House Looks Like Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Former CEO Joel Riddle resigned from Polar Train LNG over suspicions that Russian energy giant Novatek was secretly financing and directing the $25 billion Alaska project. Novatek confirmed granting Tech Wave Industrial Projects Management rights to use its technology and signed an MOU with Polar Train LNG.
Crooks and Liars reported it asTrump Family's Alaska Oil Play Has Russia Written All Over It (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
Crooks and Liars reported it asFox Reporter Fails Miserably At Gotcha Moment With Talarico (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
A Republican super PAC ad in Iowa features Shellie Flockhart warning that Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott endangers children. However, Flockhart pleaded guilty in 2017 to child endangerment and driving under the influence after being found intoxicated with her two children in the car.
Crooks and Liars reported it as'Woman In Ad Who Said A Democrat Endangers Kids Pleaded Guilty To Endangering Kids' (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Elon Musk has contributed more than $445 million to the US election cycle, supporting Republican campaigns for the midterm elections. His political action committee, America PAC, has spent millions backing GOP candidates in key Senate and House races.
Crooks and Liars reported it asMAGA Is Not The Republican Base, Billionaires Are (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff damaged a World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower while moving it to his Pentagon office. The artifact suffered a gash and its spherical portion detached from its mounting.
Crooks and Liars reported it asPriceless Artifact Destroyed Because Whiskey Pete Is A Vain, Smug Little Diva (opens Crooks and Liars 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
- John AmatoBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Official site
- crooksandliars.com
- Seen publishing on
- crooksandliars.com
- 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
- 204
- Reports listed
- 208
- We could read
- 46
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
162 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 46 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 61 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Crooks and Liars ran the story anyway.
Across the 204 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Crooks and Liars’s on 9 of them. Overall it filed a median of 25 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
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