Hartford Courant media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Hartford Courant one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 31 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Hartford Courant biased?
The rating organisations do not give Hartford Courant one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; 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 Hartford Courant left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Hartford Courant one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Hartford Courant reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Hartford Courant 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 Hartford Courant has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Hartford Courant’s own report linked underneath.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has stated that his party will not permit President Donald Trump to appoint a "right-winger" to the Supreme Court. This stance raises the possibility of Democrats blocking future presidential nominees.
Hartford Courant reported it asSenate Democrats will not let Trump put a ‘right-winger’ on the Supreme Court, Schumer vows (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has been discharged from hospital following a stroke. The 53-year-old Democrat will enter a rehabilitation facility and is expected to miss several weeks of Senate votes as he recovers.
Hartford Courant reported it asUpdate: Chris Murphy improving; what to know about his condition (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
Hartford Courant reported it asDisinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Immigration authorities have detained a mentally ill man for almost a year, despite claims from his mother, lawyers, and public records that he is a U.S. citizen born in Florida. ICE disputes his citizenship, alleging a fraudulent birth certificate, but has not provided evidence.
Hartford Courant reported it asDocuments support claim that ICE has detained a mentally ill US citizen since January (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into Middletown and Waterbury, Connecticut, for alleged firearm permit abuses. The probe aims to determine if authorities are unnecessarily delaying or denying permits to law-abiding citizens.
Hartford Courant reported it asJustice Department investigating gun permitting in CT towns over alleged delays (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
West Virginia's Republican attorney general has initiated an investigation into the state's primary environmental groups concerning their climate change advocacy and fundraising practices. The targeted groups have labelled the inquiry a sham and have initiated legal action to quash subpoenas for their financial records.
Hartford Courant reported it asWest Virginia investigates climate, environmental groups over alleged ‘deceptive’ acts (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced that Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30% of the natural gas from the Alaska LNG pipeline project for 20 years. He also stated Taiwan would invest $4.4 billion in the project. The terms of the deal were not immediately clear.
Hartford Courant reported it asTaiwan plans to buy liquefied natural gas from Alaska pipeline project (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Dale Alice Martin, 21, died after being admitted to Waterbury Hospital for a fractured ankle. A medical report found her death was due to an accidental over-administration of narcotics. Her family has filed a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice.
Hartford Courant reported it asA young CT woman went to the hospital for a broken ankle. Soon, she was dead. (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Elon Musk has publicly supported Donald Trump's criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Musk stated on X that Zelensky has "gone too far," a comment made in response to Trump's call for Ukraine to find a new president and his criticism of attacks on Russian oil refineries.
Hartford Courant reported it asPres. Donald Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Ukraine needs a new president capable of reaching an agreement with Russia and condemned Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha responded that President Zelensky has the support of the Ukrainian people and deserves backing.
Hartford Courant reported it asPres. Donald Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
President Donald Trump told a rally in Tennessee that Iran could step up attacks before the November 3 midterm elections, but the United States could end the conflict quickly. He added Washington might join Saudi Arabia in strikes after a Riyadh airport attack that killed 12 and injured 309.
Hartford Courant reported it asTrump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
War Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to positions designated for generals and admirals. This move aims to streamline the military's senior ranks and is expected to be completed by January 1, 2027.
Hartford Courant reported it asHegseth confirms the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
The Federal Reserve's inspector general found management and oversight failures contributed to significant cost overruns in the central bank's headquarters renovation. However, the report stated there were no reasonable grounds to believe a federal crime occurred requiring referral to the U.S. Attorney General.
Hartford Courant reported it asFed watchdog finds no crimes in $2.4B building renovation, only mismanagement (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
An immigration judge has ruled that Salah Sarsour, the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque, can be deported from the United States on foreign policy or national security grounds. The Trump administration had sought his removal since his arrest in March.
Hartford Courant reported it asUS can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on foreign policy grounds, judge rules (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
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.
Hartford Courant reported it asCalifornia Supreme Court rules against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in ballot seizure fight (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
The juror who prevented a unanimous verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has hired Edward Paltzik, an attorney who previously represented Donald Trump. The juror stated he had no doubts about Clancy's guilt based on the evidence presented.
Hartford Courant reported it asLindsay Clancy’s attorney asks judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official convicted of corruption, has fled the U.S. for Greece before his sentencing. He travelled by boat and plane, and his dual citizenship may prevent extradition.
Hartford Courant reported it asFormer CT official facing possible lengthy prison time flees country (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
Hartford Courant reported it asPark Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course (opens Hartford Courant 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.
Hartford Courant reported it asEd Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore (opens Hartford Courant in a new tab)
The 59th season of "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV on Sunday night. The broadcast did not directly address the behind-the-scenes turmoil and staff changes that have occurred in recent months.
Hartford Courant reported it asAfter a Bari Weiss makeover, “60 Minutes” makes its Sunday debut (opens Hartford Courant 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
- Tribune Publishingunknowndirect owner
- Alden Global CapitalPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
- Official site
- courant.com
- Seen publishing on
- courant.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
- 31
- Reports listed
- 31
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 9 August 2026
31 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. Hartford Courant is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 31 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Hartford Courant’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
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