Finger Lakes Times media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Finger Lakes Times in the centre. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Finger Lakes Times biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Finger Lakes Times in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Finger Lakes Times left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Finger Lakes Times in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Finger Lakes Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Finger Lakes Times 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 Finger Lakes Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Finger Lakes Times’s own report linked underneath.
Phil Klay, an award-winning author and Iraq War veteran, has been appointed the new president of PEN America. He succeeds Dinaw Mengestu, who resigned in July following a PEN report on the isolation of Jewish and Israeli writers. The organization has faced internal disagreements related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asPrize-winning author Phil Klay takes over at PEN America amid Israel-Hamas war rifts (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asEd Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
A scuffed and dirty golf ball found in the World Trade Center rubble hours after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks became a symbol of loss for an Associated Press reporter. The object was imagined in a jar on a desk.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asA golf ball found in the World Trade Center rubble became a symbol of incomprehensible loss (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday after he climbed the cables, brandished a knife, and moved towards officers. The man had claimed he had a bomb and wanted to die.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asKnife-wielding man on Brooklyn Bridge cables fatally shot after ignoring orders to drop weapon (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Wendell Berry, the prolific Kentucky-born author, farmer, and environmentalist, has died at the age of 92. His daughter confirmed his death on August 31, 2026. Berry was celebrated for his writings on agrarianism and his critiques of industrial society.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asWendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92 (opens Finger Lakes Times 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.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asUnited States Government and North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Reach Historic Deal to Develop Venezuela's Oil Sector (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Hundreds gathered near New York City's Washington Square Park for a Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest. Amadeo Fusca won the $100 prize. Police asked attendees to move outside the park due to permit issues.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asHundreds show up to judge New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Thousands of protesters are expected on the National Mall for the "Defend the Vote" March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. The event follows a Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asCivil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
A legal watchdog has filed bar complaints against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two subordinates. The complaints allege ethical violations in their attempt to charge six Democratic lawmakers over a video encouraging troops to resist unlawful orders.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asWatchdog files bar complaint against Jeanine Pirro over bid to indict 6 Democratic lawmakers (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Scientists used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two dogs whose saliva and hair no longer contain the main allergy-causing protein. The beagles were born in September 2024 and tested on a researcher with dog allergies, who showed no reaction to their samples.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
Researchers used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two puppies without the main allergy-causing protein. The study, published in the CRISPR Journal, found the dogs' saliva and fur lacked the protein, and a scientist with severe allergies showed no reaction. Ethical concerns about shelter adoptions were raised.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
President Trump called off a planned military escalation against Iran after warnings from military advisors about high casualties and low missile stocks. The US has evacuated bases in Iraq and relocated forces to Israel, while Iran denies negotiations and threatens retaliation against regional energy infrastructure.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asMass funeral held in Gaza and other developments from across the Mideast (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
A cargo ship was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the British Maritime Safety Authority said. The attack, near Oman’s coast, follows previous incidents involving Tehran’s forces in the key oil and gas export route.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asMass funeral held in Gaza and other developments from across the Mideast (opens Finger Lakes Times in a new tab)
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote Tuesday on advancing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination after Republican senators secured written assurances that a $1.8 billion fund tied to the Trump-IRS settlement would not proceed. Democrats argue the guarantees fall short of permanent protections.
Finger Lakes Times reported it asGOP holdouts say they will back Blanche's attorney general nomination after striking deal over fund (opens Finger Lakes Times 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
We hold no ownership record for Finger Lakes Times.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- fltimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- fltimes.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 14
- Reports listed
- 14
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
14 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. Finger Lakes Times is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Finger Lakes Times: its report arrived a median of 16 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 23 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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