Mankato Free Press media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Mankato Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 130 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Mankato Free Press biased?
The rating organisations do not give Mankato Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 Mankato Free Press left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Mankato Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 Mankato Free Press reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Mankato Free Press 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 Mankato Free Press has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Mankato Free Press’s own report linked underneath.
Residents of Plano, Texas, voted against a measure to approve new taxes for a planned Dallas Stars arena. Unofficial results showed a majority opposed the funding, halting plans for the facility.
Mankato Free Press reported it asVoters reject proposed taxes tied to planned new arena for NHL's Dallas Stars (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Mankato Free Press reported it asDemocrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Paul Pelosi has been banned from driving for six months after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge. The incident occurred in July when he struck an unoccupied parked vehicle in Yountville, California.
Mankato Free Press reported it asPaul Pelosi prohibited from driving after pleading no contest to misdemeanor hit-and-run charge (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran within days. He alleged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Trump to attack an underground facility known as 'Pickax Mountain'. Carlson did not provide evidence for his claims.
Mankato Free Press reported it asNetanyahu pushes for new strikes on Iran, officials tell AP, and other Mideast news (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Mankato Free Press reported it asEl-Sayed's primary rival stuns Democrats by endorsing his GOP opponent in Michigan Senate race (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
The Trump administration has announced $15 billion in aid for agriculture producers, intended to mitigate increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. The package includes direct payments, guaranteed loans, and commodity purchases, with details emerging in the weeks before the midterm elections.
Mankato Free Press reported it asTrump administration promises US farmers $15 billion in weeks before the midterms (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
A fire damaged the Senatobia Police Department building on Saturday morning. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the incident. The department has been at the centre of controversy following an officer-involved shooting in June.
Mankato Free Press reported it asFederal officials investigate arson at beleaguered police department in Mississippi (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse histories and cultures of hundreds of tribal communities across the U.S. Reports highlight artists, families returning to subsistence gathering, and early childhood programs.
Mankato Free Press reported it asFrom salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
Mankato Free Press reported it asSeveral key employment reports and more corporate earnings updates will fill out a busy week (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Mankato Free Press reported it asBinance flags 'potential security issue,' says crypto firms froze more than $2.5 billion (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, warning investors about potential catastrophic or existential risks to humanity from advanced AI systems. The company detailed these concerns in its IPO paperwork, dedicating a significant portion to risk factors.
Mankato Free Press reported it asRisks spelled out for Anthropic investors include blowback from runaway AI (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
Mankato Free Press reported it asJudge: Trump DOJ illegally fired ex-FBI director's daughter, Maurene Comey, as a federal prosecutor (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
At a Fort Myers rally, President Donald Trump unveiled a programme to recruit nurses for nursing homes. Reports differ on the funding level, $250 million or $275 million, and on the number of nurses to be hired, ranging from more than 4,000 to at least 5,000.
Mankato Free Press reported it asTrump at South Florida rally revives the idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
An upstate New York woman, Marva Cook, was charged with illegal voting after telling Homeland Security she only recently discovered she was not a U.S. citizen. The Trump administration cited the arrest as part of its non‑citizen voter hunt before the midterms.
Mankato Free Press reported it asNew York state woman charged with voting illegally says she recently learned she wasn’t a citizen (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
Mankato Free Press reported it asThe Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting (opens Mankato Free Press 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.
Mankato Free Press reported it asThe Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
Mankato Free Press reported it asRep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal search (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
The BBC is seeking to depose special counsel Jack Smith as part of its defense against Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit. Trump sued the BBC over a documentary he claims falsely portrayed his January 6, 2021 speech. A federal judge will hold a hearing on the dispute.
Mankato Free Press reported it asLawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Tens of thousands of California state employees will walk out on Wednesday in a one‑day strike, the first statewide action by SEIU Local 1000 in its 44‑year history. The protest targets bad‑faith bargaining by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and could disrupt DMV, unemployment and park services.
Mankato Free Press reported it asCalifornia state workers begin 1-day strike over return-to-office mandate, pay and healthcare (opens Mankato Free Press in a new tab)
Russia has indicated readiness to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States after November 4. Presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov described the potential next round as exploratory, suggesting initial meetings might not yield significant outcomes.
Mankato Free Press reported it asPutin agrees to resume trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US next month (opens Mankato Free Press 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Mankato Free Press.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- mankatofreepress.com
- Seen publishing on
- mankatofreepress.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
- 130
- Reports listed
- 132
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
132 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 31 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Mankato Free Press ran the story anyway.
Across the 130 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Mankato Free Press: its report arrived a median of 22 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 November 2026.
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