Esquire media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Esquire on the left. We have seen it on 29 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Esquire biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Esquire on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Esquire left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Esquire on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Esquire reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Esquire are Ad Fontes Media: Low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Esquire has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Esquire’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Esquire reported it asOur Batsh*t Country Is Heading Into the Midterms with Barely a Shred of Dignity (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asPete Hegseth Hired a Christian Nationalist Lackey to Help Realize His Dream of an American Holy War (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asA Federal Judge Just Smacked Down Trump’s Hopes for a “Sweeping Theory” of Executive Power (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory Isn’t the Symbol of Flyover America That Right-Wing Pundits Think It Is (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory Isn’t the Symbol of Flyover America That Right-Wing Pundits Think It Is (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asThe President Sure Cut the FBI’s Public Corruption Teams at a Convenient Time (opens Esquire in a new tab)
A judge has threatened to sanction Donald Trump for not attending a mandatory deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. The judge issued the warning in a court order, stating that failure to comply would lead to sanctions.
Esquire reported it asTrump Is Suing the BBC for a Ridiculous Reason—and a Hilariously Obnoxious Amount of Money (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
Esquire reported it asIn a Totally Cruel Decision, Mississippi AG Finds No Wrongdoing in the Despicable Police Shooting of a One-Year-Old Boy (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Private donations for Donald Trump's White House ballroom project have reached $333 million, according to internal documents. Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each contributed $25 million, among other significant corporate and individual pledges.
Esquire reported it asYou’re Not Gonna Like the List of Donors Fronting the Bill for Trump’s Big, Ugly Ballroom (opens Esquire in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
Esquire reported it asThere Are So Many Things Wrong with What the DOJ Is Doing to Rep. Ilhan Omar (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was absent from public campaign events for nearly two weeks. His campaign stated he was recovering from the flu. Commentators Benny Johnson and Nick Sortor shared an audio recording they claim links Talarico to an Ohio mental health facility.
Esquire reported it asThe White House Disinformation Machine Is Doing Its Best to Derail a Potentially Huge Midterm Swing (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly asked a Trump donor to wire $100,000 to her American Express account, according to The Wall Street Journal. Her lawyers dispute the authenticity of the messages, while the donor claims she failed to deliver promised favors.
Esquire reported it asIs There Anyone Connected to Trump Who Isn’t Trying to Grift Off His Presidency? (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Six soldiers died and dozens were injured in a drone strike at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1. Wounded soldiers and families of those killed are questioning Army leadership and preparedness, stating commanders were warned of the facility's vulnerability.
Esquire reported it asI’m Convinced That Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Actually Care About Our Armed Service Members (opens Esquire in a new tab)
The Justice Department is conducting a preliminary review into whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. The review was prompted by a presentation from a former Nixon aide who theorised the "deep state" orchestrated the former president's downfall.
Esquire reported it asInstead of Doing Anything Valuable, the DOJ Is Trying to Recast Richard Nixon as the Victim of Watergate (opens Esquire in a new tab)
In a Time magazine interview, President Donald Trump complained about not being asked positive questions and expressed regret over some Supreme Court appointments, stating they voted against him too often. He also defended barring news outlets from the White House.
Esquire reported it asTrump Has Just Given What Might Be His Most Unstable Interview Yet (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Senator Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury, claiming Smith lied about attending an NBA game in Atlanta. Smith stated he was at a game in Maryland involving the Iowa Hawkeyes. Senator Amy Klobuchar highlighted Schmitt's mix-up of the teams.
Esquire reported it asAfter an Obnoxious Tirade at the Jack Smith Hearing, This GOP Congressman Should Trade His Senate Seat for Clown School (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Senator John Kennedy repeatedly clashed with former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Kennedy accused Smith of political bias, while Smith defended the independence of his investigations into Donald Trump.
Esquire reported it asAfter an Obnoxious Tirade at the Jack Smith Hearing, This GOP Congressman Should Trade His Senate Seat for Clown School (opens Esquire in a new tab)
Senator Tommy Tuberville claimed that airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. He linked this to transgenderism and suggested it posed a danger to air travel.
Esquire reported it asOne of Our Senators Actually Thinks Airline Pilots Are Secretly Furries (opens Esquire 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.
Esquire reported it asIt’s Totally Not Sketchy at All That Trump’s DOJ Is Giving Up on Public Corruption Cases (opens Esquire in a new tab)
During a visit to Dublin, President Donald Trump said he would "love" a unified Ireland and that it would happen eventually. The comment triggered unionist leaders to reject interference, while Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called the remarks timely and urged preparation for reunification.
Esquire reported it asTrump’s Not Wrong on Irish Reunification, But He Sure Isn’t Helping (opens Esquire 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
- Hearst CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- esquire.com
- Seen publishing on
- esquire.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
- 29
- Reports listed
- 29
- We could read
- 4
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
25 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 4 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Esquire ran the story anyway.
Across the 29 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Esquire: its report arrived a median of 24 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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