Dothan Eagle media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Dothan Eagle one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 66 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Dothan Eagle biased?
The rating organisations do not give Dothan Eagle one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Dothan Eagle left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Dothan Eagle one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Dothan Eagle reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Dothan Eagle are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Dothan Eagle has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Dothan Eagle’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.
Dothan Eagle reported it asA Democratic wave and more takeaways from the US midterm elections (opens Dothan Eagle 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.
Dothan Eagle reported it asA Democratic wave and more takeaways from the US midterm elections (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Republican Barry Moore has won the U.S. Senate election for Alabama, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Moore, a south Alabama congressman, secured the victory with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
Dothan Eagle reported it asAlabama elects Tommy Tuberville as next governor (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Dothan Eagle reported it asNorth Alabama elections: List of candidates, amendments, samples ballots and what you need to know (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Dothan Eagle reported it asNorth Alabama elections: List of candidates, amendments, samples ballots and what you need to know (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Dothan Eagle reported it asNorth Alabama elections: List of candidates, amendments, samples ballots and what you need to know (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Dothan Eagle reported it as'Star Trek,' 'X-Men' star Patrick Stewart dies (opens Dothan Eagle 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.
Dothan Eagle reported it asNew poll shows Democrat smashing record held for 40 years in red state (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
A report by House Democrats includes a new allegation from Beatrice Keul, who claims Donald Trump raped her in 1993. The report also alleges Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse. The White House denies the claims.
Dothan Eagle reported it asDemocrats want special counsel to probe Trump-Epstein ties (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Democratic lawmakers have called for a special counsel to investigate Donald Trump's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein. A new report details accusations against Trump and claims the DOJ sought to protect him.
Dothan Eagle reported it asDemocrats want special counsel to probe Trump-Epstein ties (opens Dothan Eagle 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.
Dothan Eagle reported it asSusan Collins accused of punching down at opponent in ‘disgusting’ new midterm ad (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
Dothan Eagle reported it asTrump promises $1 million to each American who does this as critics blast ‘desperate’ move (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
Dothan Eagle reported it asRussia targets Dems with misinformation (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchini charged at resident Michael Sawka during a council meeting, shouting threats. Bianchini stated he "snapped" due to comments about his family, while Sawka said his actions highlighted government spending.
Dothan Eagle reported it asNJ mayor charges resident during wild meeting: ‘I am f--king getting you’ (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it produced an ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad includes criticism of Acton and insinuations about her mental health. The campaign plans a significant advertising spend around the video, which has drawn criticism.
Dothan Eagle reported it asTrump takes a side on controversial ad featuring Ohio Democrat’s estranged mom (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
The Social Security Administration has corrected records for nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers, adding missing death and citizenship data. The update follows concerns about improper benefit payments and a data security incident involving a third-party server.
Dothan Eagle reported it asSocial Security undergoes massive data overhaul: What it means for your benefits (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have announced a 10-year framework agreement for the production of at least 850 F-35 fighter jets. Lockheed Martin will invest at least $7 billion in F-35 related projects. The deal requires congressional approval and funding.
Dothan Eagle reported it asWeapons maker says new 10-year Pentagon deal could support 317,000 jobs, generate $790 billion in economic activity (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Dothan Eagle reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
Dothan Eagle reported it asWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia draws scrutiny (opens Dothan Eagle in a new tab)
Donald Trump told supporters at an Ohio rally that he examined Senator Jon Husted's body, including his rear end, to confirm he was a great athlete. The comments came after former coach Jon Gruden introduced Trump and mentioned playing college football with Husted.
Dothan Eagle reported it asDoes Trump have an obsession with butts? Day after admiring senator’s backside, he said this (opens Dothan Eagle 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
- Official site
- dothaneagle.com
- Seen publishing on
- dothaneagle.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
- 66
- Reports listed
- 66
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
65 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.
On 17 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Dothan Eagle ran the story anyway.
Across the 66 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Dothan Eagle’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Dothan Eagle, 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?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Dothan Eagle 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.
Report something wrong on this page
Anything we correct is written up in the public corrections log. We do not publish reader votes as a rating, because an unattributed rating is the thing this site exists to argue against.
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.