JONATHAN TURLEY media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place JONATHAN TURLEY as leaning right. We have seen it on 7 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is JONATHAN TURLEY biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place JONATHAN TURLEY as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is JONATHAN TURLEY left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place JONATHAN TURLEY as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is JONATHAN TURLEY reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for JONATHAN TURLEY are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What JONATHAN TURLEY has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with JONATHAN TURLEY’s own report linked underneath.
William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee for Michigan's 7th Congressional District, deleted hundreds of old social media posts. The posts included calls for police and prison abolition, nationalizing fossil-fuel companies, and attacking moderate Democrats. Lawrence has since stated some of his past views are out of step with his current beliefs.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it as“Hurry Up and Die”: Michigan Democrat Joins Other Radicals in Scrubbing Social Media of Past Statements (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas’ US Senate seat, described capitalism as an 'oppressive system' in a 2020 Sierra Club forum, grouping it with white supremacy and climate change. The remarks resurfaced as Talarico faces Republican Ken Paxton in a tight race.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it asThe Texas Trotsky? Talarico Declares Capitalism an “Oppressive System” that Must Be “Dismantled” (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
A New York prosecutor sent an agency-wide email alleging he was directed to target Donald Trump and affiliated organisations without credible reasons. The email was later deleted from servers and employee inboxes. The Attorney General's office called it a personnel matter and denied political targeting.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it as“Tish’s Personal Attorneys Targeting Her Political Enemies”: Former Prosecutor Lashes Out at Letitia James (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
New York Attorney General Letitia James' office is investigating a police shooting that occurred after Pamela Cisneros fatally stabbed Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti. The incident has sparked criticism from a Republican candidate who argues the focus should be on mental health failures.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it as“Tish’s Personal Attorneys Targeting Her Political Enemies”: Former Prosecutor Lashes Out at Letitia James (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
The Trump administration is appealing a judge's decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections. The order could allow the Postal Service to refuse ballots from states not submitting eligible voter lists or following a uniform envelope style.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it asThe Long Shadow of Judge Indira Talwani (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
Influencer Hasan Piker sang a song titled 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event, which multiple right-rated outlets reported as mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The event occurred near the anniversary of Kirk's death.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it asAssassination Sing-a-Long: Hasan Piker Mocks the Murdered Charlie Kirk to Cheering Crowd (opens JONATHAN TURLEY in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
JONATHAN TURLEY reported it asDr. Fauci’s Contempt of Congress Can Be Challenged but his Contempt for the Public is Undeniable (opens JONATHAN TURLEY 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.
Mixed factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Jonathan TurleyIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- jonathanturley.org
- Seen publishing on
- jonathanturley.org
- 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
- 7
- Reports listed
- 7
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
7 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 1 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and JONATHAN TURLEY ran the story anyway.
Across the 7 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of JONATHAN TURLEY: its report arrived a median of 28 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 22 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 12 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as JONATHAN TURLEY, 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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