Denver Post media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Denver Post 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 36 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Denver Post biased?
The rating organisations do not give Denver Post 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 Denver Post left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Denver Post 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 Denver Post reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Denver Post are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Denver Post has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Denver Post’s own report linked underneath.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
Denver Post reported it asSpeaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed an executive order aimed at protecting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The directive mandates state agencies to decrease pesticide application and implement pollinator-friendly practices, while also encouraging habitat conservation efforts across the state.
Denver Post reported it asNew order by Gov. Jared Polis aims to protect bees and other pollinators from pesticides, habitat loss (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
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.
Denver Post reported it asTrump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons sale (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
Denver Post reported it asKennedy Center will close for renovations after judge blocks returning Trump’s name to building (opens Denver Post 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.
Denver Post reported it asColorado leaders oppose EPA plan to roll back pollution limits on power plants (opens Denver Post 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.
Denver Post reported it asSupreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
A super PAC linked to Donald Trump, No Going Back PAC, has reported spending approximately $21 million on independent expenditures in competitive Senate and House races. The largest Senate expenditures targeted Democratic candidates.
Denver Post reported it asTrump-linked PAC starts spending big in Colorado congressional races to defend two GOP incumbents (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Denver Post reported it asTrump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Denver Post reported it asTrump calls AI risks a ‘hoax,’ says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers (opens Denver Post 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.
Denver Post reported it asSecond federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
A coalition of civil rights groups and voting rights advocates, along with the city of Denver, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from deploying immigration enforcement agents to polling places on Election Day. The suit argues federal law restricts such presence to repelling armed enemies.
Denver Post reported it asDenver sues to block armed ICE agents at voting sites (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing on Wednesday in New Orleans on Louisiana’s lawsuit aiming to overturn the federal policy that allows abortion pills to be prescribed without an in‑person visit. Medication abortion now dominates abortions, and telehealth prescriptions keep rising.
Denver Post reported it asAn appeals court is considering a push to restrict most common abortion method (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has approved public assistance for Colorado communities impacted by the 'Aspen Acres' and 'Gold Mountain' fires. The declaration follows significant damage from the fires and subsequent flooding, with aid directed towards public infrastructure recovery.
Denver Post reported it asPresident Trump approves federal assistance for Colorado counties affected by wildfires (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
A US strike in southern Iran hit a wedding celebration, killing at least four people, including a child, and wounding over 50, according to the Iranian Red Crescent. US Central Command confirmed strikes on IRGC targets.
Denver Post reported it asWomen gathered in a small Iranian town for a wedding. Then a deadly US strike hit (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
Denver Post reported it asTrump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Lianyong Wei, 51, died in ICE custody in the Northern Mariana Islands on Aug. 23. He had been arrested two days earlier on assault charges and taken into ICE custody pending removal. China's Consulate General in Los Angeles has demanded a thorough investigation.
Denver Post reported it asChina presses the US for answers after a man dies hours after entering ICE custody (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired in March 2026 while under an internal investigation. The inquiry, opened in early March, cited allegations of misconduct, including lying about being hit by a rock and using antisemitic language.
Denver Post reported it asBovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records show (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
The FBI has ended its policy of automatically disqualifying all applicants with past sexual encounters with prostitutes. The bureau will now consider some candidates holistically, though certain past behaviours remain disqualifying.
Denver Post reported it asFBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring (opens Denver Post in a new tab)
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has asked the state attorney general to investigate the conduct of U.S. Justice Department election observers during the state's primary election. Gordon described the observers' behaviour as "aggressive" and "irregular."
Denver Post reported it asWyoming governor requests investigation into activity of Justice Department monitors during primary (opens Denver Post 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.
Denver Post reported it asColorado, other Democratic states file new lawsuit seeking to block Trump’s order limiting mail voting in midterms (opens Denver Post 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Digital First MediaCorporationdirect owner
- Alden Global CapitalPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States
- Official site
- denverpost.com
- Seen publishing on
- denverpost.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
- 36
- Reports listed
- 36
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
36 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. Denver Post is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 36 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Denver Post: its report arrived a median of 22 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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