Gloucester Daily Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Gloucester Daily Times as leaning left. We have seen it on 28 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Gloucester Daily Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Gloucester Daily Times as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Gloucester Daily Times left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Gloucester Daily Times as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Gloucester Daily Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Gloucester Daily Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Gloucester Daily Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Gloucester Daily Times’s own report linked underneath.
The California Supreme Court has ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return approximately 650,000 ballots seized from a November 2025 special election. The court ruled Bianco's seizure was unlawful, siding with the state's Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asCalifornia Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
New York and New Jersey have joined a coalition of eight states suing the federal government over settlements that redirected over $1.4 billion from offshore wind development to fossil fuel projects. The lawsuits challenge the legality of these deals, arguing they are an improper use of taxpayer money.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asNortheast AGs sue over offshore wind projects (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to use new weapons and strike new targets if the United States launches another attack. The spokesman stated the 'geography of the war' would change. Meanwhile, President Trump is considering options for dealing with Iran.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asIran's Revolutionary Guard warns US over escalation, and other Mideast developments (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned it will change the "geography of war" and deploy new weapons if the US escalates the conflict. This comes as a British oil tanker was hit by an unknown projectile near the Strait of Hormuz, injuring two crew members. US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering various options.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asIran's Revolutionary Guard warns US over escalation, and other Mideast developments (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Iran's central military command has announced it possesses information indicating the United States is preparing new attacks. Tehran has issued a warning that any US assault would result in retaliation against American bases and interests in the Middle East, and that supporting countries would be considered participants in the conflict.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asIran's Revolutionary Guard warns US over escalation, and other Mideast developments (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
At least three people were killed and several more injured in a Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan's Kunar province. Tolo News cited a provincial official for the casualty figures, while other reports mentioned an unnamed source and a specific civilian home being targeted.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asPakistan says airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 28 militants; Kabul reports 3 civilians killed (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asMeet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has proposed new initiatives to enhance postpartum care, including free nurse home visits for all new parents and updated mental health screening regulations. The proposals follow the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, which highlighted concerns about maternal mental health.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asHealey launches push to expand maternal mental healthcare, screening (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Kuwait's air defences intercepted missile and drone attacks overnight on 2-3 September 2026, with the Kuwaiti army attributing the strikes to Iranian aggression. Explosions heard were from interception operations, and authorities urged citizens to follow safety instructions. Outlets diverged on framing the incident, with right-rated reports emphasising Iranian responsibility.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asIran targets Kuwait in retaliation for US bombardments, and other Mideast news (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied his government received extraordinary warnings before the mass entry of approximately 72,000 migrants into Ceuta from Morocco. While acknowledging intelligence failures, he dismissed claims of prior specific alerts about the scale of the influx.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asSpain's leader struggles to answer lawmakers about Ceuta border crisis (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Israel announced the release of five Lebanese detainees held in southern Lebanon, citing no ties to militant groups, as part of talks to recover remains of Jewish community leaders kidnapped in the 1980s. Only one detainee, Malek Kamal Ghazi, was released on 3 September, with Lebanon reporting receipt of a single prisoner despite earlier assurances.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asA Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel is released and handed over to Lebanon (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Pennsylvania officer charged with manslaughter after shooting college student at wrong house
Trust 42A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a 22-year-old college student who knocked on the wrong door. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced the charge on 1 September 2026, stating the officer’s actions were not justified.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asPennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Germany accused Russia of a drone attack at Leipzig airport on August 4-5. Russian President Vladimir Putin denied involvement, suggesting Germany fabricated evidence to address domestic political issues. Germany closed Russia's consulate and cultural center in Bonn and summoned its ambassador.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asGermany blames Russia for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Israel is considering expelling British officials from a US-led coordination centre for post-war Gaza, with reports suggesting other European nations could also be affected. This follows the expulsion of Dutch representatives over alleged anti-Israel measures.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asUK warns against Israel removing it from Gaza ceasefire center, and other news in the Middle East (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has identified U.S. President Donald Trump as her main opponent as the provincial election campaign officially began. She cited his threats of new tariffs as a danger to Quebec and positioned her party as a stable force amid trade disputes.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asQuebec’s governing party names Trump its ‘real adversary’ as election begins (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asPostal Service sued over mail ballot restrictions (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Massachusetts State Representative Francisco Paulino has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of fraud and money laundering. He is accused of orchestrating a scheme to obtain over $700,000 in federal pandemic relief funds, allegedly using some for personal expenses and campaign contributions.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asOfficials: Paulino, DePena alleged fraud, theft charges deemed 'appalling' (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held a rally to demand safe return to Myanmar, marking the ninth anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Day. Most fled Myanmar in 2017 after a government crackdown, and the International Court of Justice is hearing a genocide case against Myanmar.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asRohingya refugees rally in Bangladesh camps to demand safe return to Myanmar (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
The average global sea surface temperature reached a record 21.1°C on August 22, 2026, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. This surpasses the previous record set in March 2024 and is attributed to global warming and the El Niño phenomenon.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asEarth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that's bad for fish and us (opens Gloucester Daily Times in a new tab)
Six people deported from the US to Liberia refused to leave the plane and were subsequently sent to Equatorial Guinea. The group included nationals from Cuba, Brazil, and Cameroon, with one deportee citing fear of danger in Liberia.
Gloucester Daily Times reported it asDeportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea (opens Gloucester Daily Times 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.
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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
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Who owns it
- Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.Corporationdirect owner
- Retirement Systems of AlabamaPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- gloucestertimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- gloucestertimes.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- 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
- 28
- Reports listed
- 28
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
28 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.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Gloucester Daily Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 28 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Gloucester Daily Times: its report arrived a median of 24 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 25 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 26 September 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
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