Hawaii Tribune-Herald media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Hawaii Tribune-Herald 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 191 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Hawaii Tribune-Herald biased?
The rating organisations do not give Hawaii Tribune-Herald 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 Hawaii Tribune-Herald left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Hawaii Tribune-Herald 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 Hawaii Tribune-Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Hawaii Tribune-Herald 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 Hawaii Tribune-Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Hawaii Tribune-Herald’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asGovernor upsets across US: Democrat defeats Texas Governor Abbott; Bottoms, Haaland, Crowley make history (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asTrump says in interview that he will accept election results (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asHaley Stevens abandons El-Sayed, endorsing Mike Rogers in Michigan (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asFlooding in parts of Arizona and Colorado prompts evacuation orders (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asBinance’s $6.3 billion hack is just the start of a risky new era (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
American Federation of Teachers sues Education Secretary over Public Service Loan Forgiveness delays
Trust 86The American Federation of Teachers filed a class‑action lawsuit against Education Secretary Linda McMahon, claiming the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has stalled for over 90,000 borrowers. The suit says 88,000 applications remain undecided and cites Senator Ed Markey’s $96 billion relief figure.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asEducation Department is accused in lawsuit of throttling student debt cancellation (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asPatrick Stewart, master of Shakespeare, ‘Star Trek’ and more, has died (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's efforts to gain control over election processes are leading to legal challenges. These cases could escalate to the U.S. Supreme Court, examining the boundaries of federal power in elections.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asThe White House will fail to overturn any elections (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
The Justice Department has sent letters to election officials in all 50 states warning them of potential criminal prosecution for failing to preserve election records for 22 months. The letters, dated October 29, were signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asThe new worst-case scenario for election officials: Federal interference (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asAlaska Democratic Senate candidate Peltola asks judge to toss US lawsuit over certification (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Brazil's Liberal Party, the political group for which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ran, has officially recognized the results of the presidential election. The party's president signed a statement acknowledging the outcome proclaimed by the Superior Electoral Tribunal, while also calling for clarification on issues raised by Bolsonaro.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asTrump says Brazil election looked ‘rigged’, defeated Bolsonaro’s party recognizes Lula win (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asTrump dangles $1 million reward for reporting voter fraud (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asTrump administration loses push to block California votes from alleged noncitizens (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asViolence flares in Paris after largely peaceful protests across France (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asMelania Trump says she brokered a ceasefire in a starving Ukrainian city (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
The United States will lift tariffs on certain Canadian products and impose new duties on others, effective October 30. Nine categories of exports will be exempt from a 50% U.S. tariff, while new taxes will apply to dozens of other goods.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asAhead of tight race, Trump exempts some Canadian goods from tariffs (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
A proposed California tax on billionaires could generate substantially less revenue than anticipated, according to Stanford economists. The study suggests that wealth migration among billionaires may offset the tax's benefits, potentially leading to a net loss in state income tax revenue.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asThe wealth tax: Where did all the money go? (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Erika Kirk is pushing back against a defense proposal to delay the murder trial of Tyler Robinson until 2029. She is asking a judge to set a trial date in 2027, arguing that further delays will prolong the family's suffering and noting the significant cost of the defense.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asJudge puts off decision on Charlie Kirk murder trial date, media reports (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across European cities during this summer's heat waves. A new analysis attributes about two-thirds of these deaths directly to climate change, driven by fossil fuel pollution, making it the region's deadliest heat summer on record.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asSummer heat killed an estimated 50,000 in Europe, study finds (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced that Ukraine's access to the Starshield military satellite communications system has been restored. The statement follows reports that Elon Musk had previously imposed speed restrictions on the service.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported it asTrump says Musk restored Ukraine’s Starlink access, declines to say if they spoke (opens Hawaii Tribune-Herald 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
- Black PressMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- TorstarPrivate Equityparent group
- David BlackBillionaireparent group
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- hawaiitribune-herald.com
- Seen publishing on
- hawaiitribune-herald.com
- 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
- 191
- Reports listed
- 193
- We could read
- 9
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
184 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 9 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Hawaii Tribune-Herald is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 191 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Hawaii Tribune-Herald: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
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