Democracy Now! media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Democracy Now! on the left. We have seen it on 12 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Democracy Now! biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Democracy Now! on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Democracy Now! left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Democracy Now! on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Democracy Now! reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Democracy Now! are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Democracy Now! has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Democracy Now!’s own report linked underneath.
The Trump administration is preparing to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). These measures, intended to escalate US pressure, could disrupt the court's finances and daily operations. The sanctions are a response to the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Democracy Now! reported it asThe Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel’s “Unilateral Bullying” of the ICC (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly that he has made peace while others only talked about it. He emphasized American strength and warned Iran it faced annihilation or an agreement.
Democracy Now! reported it asThe Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel’s “Unilateral Bullying” of the ICC (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Donald Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly, warning Iran against developing nuclear weapons and criticising the International Criminal Court. He also reiterated his desire for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine conflict and called for accelerated AI development.
Democracy Now! reported it asThe Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel’s “Unilateral Bullying” of the ICC (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked new U.S. Postal Service rules that could delay mail-in ballots, following warnings from a whistleblower and election officials. The Trump administration is appealing the order.
Democracy Now! reported it as“Catastrophic Failure”: Postal Service Whistleblower Warns Mail-In Voting Rules Could Derail Election (opens Democracy Now! 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.
Democracy Now! reported it asU.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil Reserves (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Democratic-controlled states have filed a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections. The suit targets new U.S. Postal Service rules that require federal approval for mail ballot envelope designs and a list of eligible voters.
Democracy Now! reported it asTrump’s Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
Democracy Now! reported it asTrump’s Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon and state party chair Nikki Fried engaged in a heated phone call. The discussion focused on Nixon's ties to the Democratic Socialists of America and the implications for her campaign in a Republican-leaning state.
Democracy Now! reported it as“Unbought & Unbossed”: Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Israel’s military will investigate two attacks in Gaza: the February 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the May 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Rafah. It will not investigate three other incidents, including strikes that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders.
Democracy Now! reported it asIsrael Opens Probe into Hind Rajab Killing Amid Growing International Pressure (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
A whistleblower alleges a Trump administration task force pressured Ivy League universities into settlements despite incomplete investigations or no evidence of legal violations. The complaint, filed by former Justice Department lawyer Haley Van Erem, claims the probes were politically driven and disregarded constitutional protections.
Democracy Now! reported it asDOJ Whistleblower Confirms “Antisemitism” Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
Disney’s ABC filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on 18 August 2026, alleging the agency is retaliating against the network for its editorial decisions. The suit targets early licence-renewal orders for eight stations and an investigation into the talk show 'The View'.
Democracy Now! reported it asTrump’s “Authoritarian Takeover” of the Media, ABC Suing FCC & the Meta Trial: Free Press’s Jessica González (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into left-wing groups in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. The probe, which included undercover surveillance and financial subpoenas, targeted unions and activist organisations but concluded without evidence of wrongdoing. Fifteen organisers were later indicted under a national security directive.
Democracy Now! reported it as“Operation Puppet Master”: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists & Unions After ICE Killings (opens Democracy Now! 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.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Democracy Now ProductionsIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- democracynow.org
- Seen publishing on
- democracynow.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
- 12
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
12 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 5 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Democracy Now! ran the story anyway.
Across the 12 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Democracy Now!: its report arrived a median of 3 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 27 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 27 September 2026. Ratings pulled 12 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Democracy Now!, 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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