Informed Comment media bias and reliability
The bias data this site ingests places Informed Comment on the left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Informed Comment biased?
The bias data this site ingests places Informed Comment on the left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Informed Comment left or right?
The bias data this site ingests places Informed Comment on the left. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Informed Comment reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes Informed Comment as high factuality. It reaches us without a named assessor, so it is an unattributed rating rather than our verdict. It does not guarantee that every report is correct.
What Informed Comment has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Informed Comment’s own report linked underneath.
Italy has concluded its 12-year military presence in Iraq, with the final troops returning home. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated this marks a new phase in bilateral relations, with the withdrawal completed before the September 30 deadline.
Informed Comment reported it asVietnamese Press: US Military Withdrawal from Iraq a victory for Tehran (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has denied reports suggesting a withdrawal of 25,000 to 40,000 troops from Europe. While the US is re-evaluating its military presence, Whitaker affirmed continued commitment to the continent.
Informed Comment reported it asVietnamese Press: US Military Withdrawal from Iraq a victory for Tehran (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Pakistan's defense minister stated the country will use all available means to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. This commitment comes under a new mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, signed on August 7.
Informed Comment reported it asThe Mecca Alliance meets the Red Sea – Saudi Arabia’s new defense Pact faces its first major Test (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
Informed Comment reported it asPentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to use maps that more accurately represent the true relative sizes of countries and continents. The move, driven by African nations, seeks to correct distortions caused by the centuries-old Mercator projection.
Informed Comment reported it asUN Wants to Right-Size Maps; Would it have Saved Trump from Iran Catastrophe? (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
A United Nations report published on September 2, 2026, states that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°C warming threshold within a few years. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal to limit damage.
Informed Comment reported it asUNEP: World will Exceed 1.5º C., Bringing Catastrophes and Unknowable Risks (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Flash floods and landslides swept away villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people. Experts suggest a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was the cause, with climate change and the region's topography exacerbating the risks.
Informed Comment reported it asClimate Breakdown: Nepal Flash Flood and the Looming Extinction of the Himalayan Glaciers (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Several kites were found in Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip over the weekend. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed no suspicious items or explosives were found on them. Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the army to act forcefully against such launches.
Informed Comment reported it asGaza Genocide continues, on the Pretext of . . . Kites (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, has threatened that any neighbouring country joining the US economic measures against Iran would be considered an enemy. He stated their interests would be targeted and accused the US of increasing global nuclear insecurity.
Informed Comment reported it asIran counters Trump "D-Day" by Menacing Arab Oil Monarchies (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei stated that US President Donald Trump's actions have fueled a global desire for nuclear weapons. Rezaei asserted that Iran adheres to international nuclear treaties and safeguards, while the IAEA has previously noted concerns about Iran's nuclear program.
Informed Comment reported it asIran counters Trump "D-Day" by Menacing Arab Oil Monarchies (opens Informed Comment in a new tab)
Who says so
The lean above is carried in the coverage data this site ingests, which names no rater for it. We publish it because it is what the rest of the site groups Informed Comment on, and we will not present it as an assessment by anyone in particular until we hold one.
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
The rating above reaches us without a named assessor, and is published as that rather than as anyone’s verdict.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Informed Comment.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
- Seen publishing on
- juancole.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 11 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.
On 6 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Informed Comment ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Informed Comment: its report arrived a median of 3 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 October 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Informed Comment, 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.
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