Heavy media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Heavy 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 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Heavy biased?
The rating organisations do not give Heavy 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 Heavy left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Heavy 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 Heavy reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Heavy are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Heavy has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Heavy’s own report linked underneath.
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore.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.
Heavy reported it asAOC Calls Out Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Over Macklemore Controversy (opens Heavy in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Heavy reported it asDonald Trump Interrupts Rory McIlroy's Rough Start at Irish Open in Air Force One (opens Heavy in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Heavy reported it asRemembering the Soccer Souls Lost on 9/11, 25 Years Later (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Golfer Rory McIlroy has stated that former US President Donald Trump's planned visit to the Irish Open will present logistical challenges and alter the tournament's atmosphere. Trump is expected to attend the event at his golf course in Doonbeg, County Clare.
Heavy reported it asRory McIlroy Addresses Donald Trump's Irish Open Attendance (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
Heavy reported it as'Woman' Enes Kanter Ejected From Sky-Fever Game (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Matt Calkins resigned from the Seattle Times on 20 August 2026 after the paper declined to publish his column on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Calkins said the decision followed interviews with student-athletes opposing transgender participation in female sports, and that the paper had rejected other proposed columns. The Seattle Times has not commented.
Heavy reported it asSophie Cunningham Supporter Quits Job Amid WNBA/Transgender Controversy (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
Heavy reported it asRemembering Hayden Panettiere's 'Remember the Titans' Performance After Her Death at 36 (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Tyler Herro, a Milwaukee-area native, has returned to his hometown team after the Bucks acquired him in a trade that sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat. Herro, who has one year left on his contract, said he is not focused on his free agency after the 2026-27 season and is eager to help the Bucks rebuild after a 32-50 season in 2025-26.
Heavy reported it asTyler Herro Sends Confident Message Ahead of Milwaukee Bucks Debut Season (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Aryna Sabalenka endorsed the Women’s Tennis Association’s policy requiring genetic screening for transgender athletes during a press conference at the Canadian Open. The comments drew reactions on social media, with right-rated outlets highlighting her stance while no left- or centre-rated coverage appeared.
Heavy reported it asWorld No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka Takes Firm Stance on WTA Gender Testing (opens Heavy in a new tab)
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark spoke publicly for the first time on teammate Sophie Cunningham’s remarks about transgender athletes, calling it a matter for governing bodies to resolve. The comments followed a 108-100 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, where coach Cheryl Reeve defended trans inclusion in sports.
Heavy reported it asColin Cowherd Reacts to Caitlin Clark's Stance on Controversial Topic (opens Heavy 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Heavy Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 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. Heavy is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Heavy: its report arrived a median of 32 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 6 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Heavy, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Heavy 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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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.