fool.com.au media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places fool.com.au in the centre. We have seen it on 4 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is fool.com.au biased?
Ad Fontes Media places fool.com.au in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is fool.com.au left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places fool.com.au in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is fool.com.au reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for fool.com.au are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What fool.com.au has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with fool.com.au’s own report linked underneath.
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved an extension for the Hunter Valley Operations coal mine until 2045. The decision, which aims to save 1,500 jobs, has drawn criticism from environmental groups concerned about greenhouse gas emissions.
fool.com.au reported it asYancoal shares in focus after Hunter Valley mine approval (opens fool.com.au in a new tab)
Oil prices rose for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, as concerns over Middle East supply disruptions persisted. Brent crude futures for November delivery rose to $106.99 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $94 a barrel. Crude exports from major Middle Eastern producers climbed to 12.8 million barrels a day in September.
fool.com.au reported it asOil prices rise again as Middle East uncertainty keeps traders guessing (opens fool.com.au in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
fool.com.au reported it asThe Fed just hiked rates for the first time in 3 years. What does it mean for ASX investors? (opens fool.com.au in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
fool.com.au reported it asCould oil stay near US$100? Goldman Sachs just changed its forecast (opens fool.com.au in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
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
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for fool.com.au.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Australia
- Official site
- fool.com.au
- Seen publishing on
- fool.com.au
- 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
- 4
- Reports listed
- 4
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 26 August 2026
4 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. fool.com.au is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 4 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of fool.com.au: its report arrived a median of 27 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 October 2026. Ratings pulled 25 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as fool.com.au, also publishing from Australia, 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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