Global News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Global News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 197 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Global News biased?
The rating organisations do not give Global News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 Global News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Global News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Global News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Global News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Global News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Global News’s own report linked underneath.
Several First Nations in British Columbia are challenging the federal government's decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline as a project of national interest. They argue this designation circumvents the legal duty to consult and accommodate them before project approval.
Global News reported it asB.C. First Nations file legal challenges to feds’ Pacific Link pipeline decision (opens Global News in a new tab)
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed a free-trade agreement and announced plans to negotiate an extradition treaty. The move has drawn criticism from civil society groups concerned about the UAE's human rights record.
Global News reported it asFeds defend extradition treaty talks with UAE amid concerns - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
Shima Vigodda, vice-president of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., has called for significant security upgrades following a gunman's attack. She detailed specific improvements needed, including bullet-resistant glass and on-site security personnel.
Global News reported it asSurvivors of the Ontario synagogue shooting open up about their experience (opens Global News in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
Global News reported it asCanada echoes U.S. ‘mass casualty event’ warning for Moscow - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Global News reported it asEarly voting jumps as millions more Americans vote ahead of midterms - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
A summit between Canada and the European Union in Montreal has concluded. Digital trade was a key topic on the agenda for the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Global News reported it asCanada-European Union summit in Montreal concluding with digital trade on agenda (opens Global News in a new tab)
Philippine police have discovered a significant amount of child pornography at the former home of Thomas Markle, father of Meghan Markle. The country's Interior Minister stated that evidence suggests he may be a sex offender of the worst kind. Markle denies the allegations.
Global News reported it asU.K. police share update on probe into claims against Meghan Markle’s father - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
Abdul Aziz Kawam has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for a 2023 terrorist attack on a bus in Surrey, B.C. Prosecutors stated the attack was intended to advance the objectives of the Islamic State.
Global News reported it asSentencing hearing for man convicted of terrorist bus attack in Surrey (opens Global News in a new tab)
Maya Gebala, who was shot three times in an attack in Tumbler Ridge, is being released from BC Children's Hospital after 262 days. Her father posted a video of the moment she learned she was going home.
Global News reported it asMaya Gebala released from hospital 262 days after Tumbler Ridge shooting (opens Global News in a new tab)
The Liberal government is set to release a new national security strategy. The plan will address safeguarding Canada's economy and handling traditional security threats like espionage.
Global News reported it asNational security strategy release expected to focus on economic safegaurds - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
Canada and the European Union are engaged in high-level discussions in Montreal, seeking to expand their partnership into new areas like strategic minerals and digital trade. The summit is viewed as a move to create an independent global stance.
Global News reported it asCanada welcomes EU leaders to Montreal for talks on next steps in relationship (opens Global News in a new tab)
British Columbia's premier-designate Lorne Doerkson stated he and Prime Minister Mark Carney discussed supercharging the economy, attracting investment, and creating jobs. Doerkson reported alignment on these key economic goals following their conversation.
Global News reported it asB.C. and federal government are ‘aligned’ on priorities, Doerkson says (opens Global News in a new tab)
Inceptio Oil and Gas failed to meet a deadline for a $52 million deposit payment for offshore exploration licences in Nova Scotia. CEO James Edens cited regulatory hurdles and financing issues, calling the situation a setback for the province's offshore development goals.
Global News reported it asOnly firm approved to explore for N.S. offshore oil and gas misses deposit deadline - Halifax (opens Global News in a new tab)
Representatives from the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) met with federal decision-makers in Ottawa to discuss key priorities. Their agenda included agriculture, trade, transportation, rural crime, and broadband connectivity.
Global News reported it asRural crime and health care top issues at SARM convention (opens Global News in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Global News reported it asBrazil’s Lula wins presidential election, bucking regional shift towards right - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
The British government has decided not to join Canada's proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank. Instead, the UK and Canada have agreed to develop a framework for cooperation between their respective defence financing institutions.
Global News reported it asU.K. won’t join Canada-led defence bank, but pledges cooperation - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
Canada has received its first two F-35 fighter jets from the United States. The aircraft will be used for military personnel training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. Ottawa has not yet decided on the final number of aircraft to purchase.
Global News reported it asCanada receives first F-35 jets from U.S. as full order still under review - National (opens Global News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
Global News reported it asTrump officials seek to block certification of Alaska Senate election results (opens Global News in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservative Party has won a majority government, leading to the resignation of BC NDP leader David Eby. Eby was re-elected in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding.
Global News reported it asWho is Lorne Doerkson, B.C.’s next premier? (opens Global News in a new tab)
A fire during a military training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright killed four soldiers and injured 39 others. The blaze spread rapidly due to high winds. The US ambassador has offered assistance for the injured soldiers.
Global News reported it as‘He ran into the fire’: Military medic critically injured saving fellow soldiers in CFB Wainwright fire (opens Global News 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
Who owns it
- Global Television Networkunknowndirect owner
- Corus EntertainmentMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- globalnews.ca
- Seen publishing on
- globalnews.ca
- 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
- 197
- Reports listed
- 212
- We could read
- 56
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
156 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 56 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 30 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Global News ran the story anyway.
Across the 197 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Global News’s on 15 of them. Overall it filed a median of 13 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Global News, also publishing from Canada, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Global News 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.
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