Kent Online media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Kent Online in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Kent Online biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Kent Online in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Kent Online left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Kent Online in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Kent Online reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Kent Online are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Kent Online has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Kent Online’s own report linked underneath.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Kent Online reported it asSir Ian McKellen leads tributes to ‘respected and beloved’ Sir Patrick Stewart (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
Kent Online reported it asWebsites around the world taken offline after AI finds ‘critical’ security flaw (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
King Charles III will welcome the Sultan of Oman to the UK for a state visit on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The visit, the first by an Omani Sultan in 44 years, aims to bolster cooperation and discuss regional developments.
Kent Online reported it asKing and royal family to welcome Sultan of Oman for Windsor state visit (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
An undercover investigation by ITV has revealed an aspiring Reform UK MP suggesting asylum seekers should be placed in 'concentration camps' and stating that Muslims cannot be British. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has stated there is no room for racism in the party.
Kent Online reported it as‘Racism, sexism and a complete disregard for voters were all clearly shown’ (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
Scotland's bus services are to be brought under public control by 2031, First Minister John Swinney announced. Legislation will be introduced next year, a move that has drawn strong criticism from bus operators. Swinney also unveiled a £30 million fund to tackle racism.
Kent Online reported it asBuses to be brought under public control by 2031, says John Swinney (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London. The UK will accelerate the supply of surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine and is preparing new sanctions against the Russian Federation. The meeting follows criticism of Zelensky by Donald Trump.
Kent Online reported it asZelensky personally thanks King for his ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
Andy Burnham has stated Britain will work hard to resolve friction over the Chagos Islands accord. The agreement involves Britain ceding the islands to Mauritius while retaining control of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. Donald Trump called the deal 'terrible' and 'ridiculous'.
Kent Online reported it asBritain will work hard on Chagos deal resolution, PM says after Trump criticism (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he had spoken with Donald Trump and they agreed to meet in New York. Zelensky also thanked Trump for a visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Kyiv. The meeting is expected to occur during the UN General Assembly.
Kent Online reported it asAndy Burnham to meet Donald Trump for first time as world leaders gather at UN (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump's visit to Ireland on September 12 and 13 will be supported by a large-scale security and policing operation. An Garda Síochána has declared the event extraordinary to manage staffing and resources for the extensive plan.
Kent Online reported it asTrump visit involves ‘one of biggest’ policing operations in Ireland (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter-long embroidery from the 11th century, has arrived in London for an exhibition at the British Museum. Tickets have sold out for months, with the museum anticipating one million visitors before the exhibition closes in July 2027. The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Kent Online reported it asKent council demands Bayeux Tapestry priority booking for residents (opens Kent Online in a new tab)
The Royal Navy conducted a 72-hour operation tracking Russian warships and sanctioned cargo vessels. British naval operations to monitor Russian activity have increased by 25% this year compared to last year.
Kent Online reported it asNavy tracks Russian warships in English Channel during ‘intense’ operation (opens Kent Online 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Iliffe Media LtdMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- kentonline.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- kentonline.co.uk
- 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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Kent Online is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Kent Online: its report arrived a median of 30 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Kent Online, also publishing from United Kingdom, 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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