Hot Air media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Hot Air one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 180 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Hot Air biased?
The rating organisations do not give Hot Air one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Hot Air left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Hot Air one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Hot Air reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Hot Air are Ad Fontes Media: Low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Hot Air has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Hot Air’s own report linked underneath.
Michigan Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, citing clashes with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over anti-Semitic ads. The move drew sharp criticism and vulgar remarks from political strategist James Carville.
Hot Air reported it asAnd Now a Word From the Party of Women: Haley Stevens Is 'A Used Condom' (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
Hot Air reported it asNEW: Stevens Appears With Rogers After El-Sayed Snub (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Former Minnesota state representative Joe Radinovich stated on X that the marriage fraud allegation against Ilhan Omar is 'almost certainly true.' Omar's campaign responded by calling Radinovich a 'deeply troubled individual.' The federal probe into Omar's immigration status and finances continues.
Hot Air reported it asMeltdown: Ilhan What's-Her-Name Allegations 'Almost Certainly True,' Says ... (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Jason Turkish, fiancé of former Democratic Senate candidate Haley Stevens, announced he will vote for Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Turkish cited El-Sayed's rhetoric and concerns about antisemitism as his reasons, stating the election is about "country before party."
Hot Air reported it asAbdul El-Sayed: Democrats Abandoning Him, Including Haley Stevens' Fiancé (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
US District Judge Ada Brown has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and has been temporarily suspended from her cases. The order follows a judicial misconduct investigation initiated by a complaint from civil rights lawyer Ezra Young.
Hot Air reported it asJudge Subjected 'White' Lawyer to Anti-Racist Struggle Session (opens Hot Air 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.
Hot Air reported it asElection travesty in Brazil (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
175 House Democrats have sent a letter to federal officials demanding an end to the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration history. They argue the probe is a partisan attack and an attempt to influence her re-election bid.
Hot Air reported it asOh, Brother: NYT Drops Bombshell on Ilhan Omar-ish Marriage and Obama Admin (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Former Minnesota state representative Joe Radinovich stated on X that the marriage fraud allegation against Ilhan Omar is 'almost certainly true.' Omar's campaign responded by calling Radinovich a 'deeply troubled individual.' The federal probe into Omar's immigration status and finances continues.
Hot Air reported it asOh, Brother: NYT Drops Bombshell on Ilhan Omar-ish Marriage and Obama Admin (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
The US has expelled a Cuban diplomat following a heated exchange at the UN General Assembly. Ambassador Mike Waltz stated the diplomat shoved and attempted to assault an American staffer, leading Secretary of State Marco Rubio to sign the expulsion papers.
Hot Air reported it asFAFO Jefe: Rubio Boots Cuban Diplomat After UN Confrontation (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said her job would be easier if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loses the election, linking his policies to rising antisemitism in the state. She also privately cautioned Israeli leaders against overreaching in their response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
Hot Air reported it asHochul: It's the Jews' Fault That People Hate Them (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
A proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery could cast shadows on tens of thousands of veteran graves, according to analyses by The Washington Post and VoteVets. The Interior Department disputes the extent of the shadowing.
Hot Air reported it asShocking News: Trump's Arch Would Cast Shadows (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
Hot Air reported it asObama’s Cheesecake Factory Joke Gets Flattened By Death Star Library (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
Hot Air reported it asObama’s Cheesecake Factory Joke Gets Flattened By Death Star Library (opens Hot Air 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.
Hot Air reported it asSuddenly Protecting the Ballot Is Good Policy (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom told an undercover reporter that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will become a dominant and mainstream movement within the Democratic Party. He also stated that the DSA shares many values with the party.
Hot Air reported it asHidden Camera Footage Captures Gavin Newsom Predicting Democratic Socialists Will Dominate His Party (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Anna Mochalova, 32, has been arrested and charged with hate crimes after allegedly stabbing two Jewish men in separate incidents in Midtown Manhattan. The attacks occurred within minutes of each other on West 47th Street and Sixth Avenue.
Hot Air reported it asNYC: Woman Charged for Attacking Jews With Syringe (opens Hot Air 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.
Hot Air reported it asBolsonaro, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Throw 'Not So Fast' Flag at Lula Victory Lap (opens Hot Air 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.
Hot Air reported it asIn a Major Shocker, the Woke Syrupeans of British Columbia Lurch Right (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a federal ban on distilling spirits in private homes, a law dating back to 1868. Conflicting lower court rulings have led to the case reaching the high court.
Hot Air reported it asSupreme Court to Review Constitutionality of 1868 Home-Distilling Ban (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least five people were injured. Israel's military stated the men carried firearms. Following the incident, Israel ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank.
Hot Air reported it asPalestinians Kill Two IDF Soldiers, Netanyahu Vows Major Response (opens Hot Air 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
- Salem Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
- Official site
- hotair.com
- Seen publishing on
- hotair.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
- 180
- Reports listed
- 182
- We could read
- 7
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
175 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 7 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 35 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Hot Air ran the story anyway.
Across the 180 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Hot Air’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 28 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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