Mason City Globe Gazette media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mason City Globe Gazette in the centre. We have seen it on 38 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Mason City Globe Gazette biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mason City Globe Gazette in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Mason City Globe Gazette left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mason City Globe Gazette in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Mason City Globe Gazette reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Mason City Globe Gazette 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 Mason City Globe Gazette has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Mason City Globe Gazette’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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asNew cat species identified in Bolivia (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asPatriots owner pledges $2M to Palestinian region at Sheeran's request (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asFederal Reserve hikes rates, sees more tightening ahead (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
A Pentagon inspector general's report has detailed the financial and material costs of the Iran war, estimating expenses at $33.4 billion as of June 29. The report also highlighted significant damage to U.S. bases and aircraft, alongside strategic inventory shortfalls for munitions.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asReport: Iran war caused destruction to US bases, aircraft (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asMitch McConnell returns to Senate after long absence (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Both chambers of Congress are returning to Capitol Hill for a brief session before the midterm elections. The House will meet for one week, while the Senate will be in session for three weeks, leaving limited time for legislative action.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asThe 9 midterm races that will decide control of the US Senate (opens Mason City Globe Gazette 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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asWhat to know about Trump's unusual midterm convention (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Scientists at the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment in South Dakota have observed a single particle interaction that could be a sign of dark matter. While the event is statistically unlikely to be background noise, researchers stress it does not meet the threshold for a confirmed discovery.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asScientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asWork to begin on Trump's 250-foot arch despite criticism (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
A US strike in southern Iran hit a wedding celebration, killing at least four people, including a child, and wounding over 50, according to the Iranian Red Crescent. US Central Command confirmed strikes on IRGC targets.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asDeadly strike on Iranian wedding likely a direct hit by US (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
A 20-year-old Haitian student died by suicide in Springfield, Ohio, after his Temporary Protected Status was terminated. An advocacy group stated the decision to end TPS contributed to his death.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asSupporters of Haitian man who died with ankle monitor blame immigration policy (opens Mason City Globe Gazette 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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asElection officials say mail ballot rule could compromise midterms (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory is designed to study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets, collecting vast amounts of data to deepen our understanding of the universe.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asNASA launches new Roman Space Telescope from Florida (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
The Pentagon is reviewing U.S. troop deployments in Europe and has asked NATO allies to take on greater responsibility for the continent's conventional defence. This shift reflects U.S. priorities moving towards domestic and Indo-Pacific security challenges.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asPentagon's NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on specific US goods, marking a new phase in the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. The measures were announced on Tuesday.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asCanada responds with retaliatory tariffs (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asEnes Kanter Freedom removed from Sky-Fever game amid WNBA athlete debate (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Donald Trump's decision to reduce military exercises with South Korea has prompted Japan, Taiwan, and India to reconsider their reliance on the United States. Analysts suggest this move will increase existing concerns about U.S. security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asTrump's Kim gambit deepens doubts over US reliability at a key moment for Asia (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
The Trump administration has temporarily suspended tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef. The stated aim is to lower consumer prices, but cattlemen's associations and some ranchers argue this will harm domestic producers and is a short-term fix.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asBeef producers ‘disappointed’ by Trump tariff suspension (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Ethel Caterham, the world's oldest person, celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday, August 21. Born in 1909, she has lived through two World Wars and survived Covid-19. She met King Charles III in September 2025.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asMeet Ethel, the world's oldest living person (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Donald Trump suggested reviving the Keystone XL pipeline in a Truth Social post on 18 August 2026, linking it to a trade deal with Canada. The project, cancelled by Joe Biden in 2021, would carry Canadian crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Its role in the negotiations remains unclear.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asUS-CANADA TRADE WAR ESCALATES (opens Mason City Globe Gazette 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
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- globegazette.com
- Seen publishing on
- globegazette.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
- 38
- Reports listed
- 38
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
38 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Mason City Globe Gazette is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 38 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Mason City Globe Gazette: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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