Inquirer media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Inquirer one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 86 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Inquirer biased?
The rating organisations do not give Inquirer one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Inquirer left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Inquirer one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Inquirer reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Inquirer 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 Inquirer has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Inquirer’s own report linked underneath.
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Inquirer reported it asFirst new wild cat discovered in a century (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
The global gender gap has closed by 69.2%, according to the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Gender Gap Report. However, at the current rate of progress, full gender parity is estimated to be 120 years away, with political empowerment remaining the furthest from parity.
Inquirer reported it asWEF report: Progress on gender equality remains ‘fragile’ (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
A super PAC linked to Donald Trump, No Going Back PAC, has reported spending approximately $21 million on independent expenditures in competitive Senate and House races. The largest Senate expenditures targeted Democratic candidates.
Inquirer reported it asTrump plans blitz of $138 million and counting to save midterm Republicans (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
Inquirer reported it asMaduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in a $195M money laundering case, agrees to cooperate (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion arms package that includes 40,000 heavy aerial bombs. The sale, reported by The Washington Post, involves munitions that have been linked to civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon.
Inquirer reported it asTrump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out sending agents to polling places on Election Day, telling senators he wasn’t certain the bureau is legally barred from doing so. Patel stated the FBI has agents in each field office devoted to addressing election crimes.
Inquirer reported it asFBI Director Kash Patel suggests agents may be sent to the polls (opens Inquirer 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.
Inquirer reported it asThe Iran war is costing taxpayers up to $3 billion per month as Democrats make it a top campaign issue in Pa. districts (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Inquirer reported it asSupreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms (opens Inquirer 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.
Inquirer reported it asThe Bari Weiss era of ‘60 Minutes’ begins (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Inquirer reported it asStricken ferry off Indonesia's Java: One dead, 102 rescued (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic reported that a group in northern Yemen used its Claude chatbot to develop guidance software for weapons, including a guided rocket and a ballistic missile. The company banned the accounts after detecting the activity.
Inquirer reported it asAI users in Houthi-held Yemen tried to make advanced weapons using Claude (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Satellite data has detected a large fire and thermal anomalies near Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. Unconfirmed reports suggest Houthi forces may be responsible, though Saudi authorities have not confirmed the incident.
Inquirer reported it asSaudi Arabia says drones launched from Iraq hit oil pipeline (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Documents obtained by multiple outlets reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its own design and workmanship flaws caused the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to blister and detach. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the damage resulted from a botched installation, and the government agreed to a $14.7 million repair payment.
Inquirer reported it asContractor blames its own repairs, not vandals, for Reflecting Pool failure (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday. They face up to 10 years in prison for inciting subversion under the national security law, a case seen as a measure of freedoms in the city.
Inquirer reported it asTiananmen activists sentenced to between 5 and 7 years in prison (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
Inquirer reported it as‘You know what happens if you don’t vote’: 7 takeaways from the GOP convention (opens Inquirer 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.
Inquirer reported it asPhilly 9/11 responders inhaled a ‘witch’s brew’ of toxic dust. Now they’re sick with deadly diseases. (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Scientists estimate Mercury's diameter may have shrunk by up to 14 miles (23 kilometers), a figure 30% greater than earlier projections. The planet's hot iron core cooling and contracting is believed to be the cause, tightening its surface.
Inquirer reported it asLittle Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Firefighters have entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters following a blaze that killed at least five people and left 84 missing. Rescuers are continuing their search for those unaccounted for after the vessel caught fire two nights prior.
Inquirer reported it as2 listed on manifest did not board ill-fated Palawan ferry (opens Inquirer 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.
Inquirer reported it asNew York marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Inquirer reported it asAnthropic says it blocked AI misuse linked to bioweapons (opens Inquirer in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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
- Inquirer Interactive, Inc.Corporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Official site
- inquirer.net
- Seen publishing on
- business.inquirer.net, inquirer.com, entertainment.inquirer.net, globalnation.inquirer.net, cebudailynews.inquirer.net, sports.inquirer.net, inquirer.net, newsinfo.inquirer.net, technology.inquirer.net
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
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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
- 86
- Reports listed
- 88
- We could read
- 7
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
81 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 29 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Inquirer ran the story anyway.
Across the 86 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Inquirer’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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