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 85 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.
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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asTrump's midterm rebuke casts a new political landscape (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asTrump's midterm rebuke casts a new political landscape (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asGina Hinojosa makes history as first Latina governor of Texas (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Mason City Globe Gazette 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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asMichigan endorsement roils Senate race (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it as'Star Trek,' 'X-Men' star Stewart dies (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, who served as White House press secretary for five days in October 2026, has spoken about her brief tenure. She was dismissed by President Donald Trump after a single press briefing and later appeared on Fox News.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asKatie Zacharia blames 'Hannity' appearance, the media for firing (opens Mason City Globe Gazette 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.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asElection Day is coming fast. Here's what voters should know (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asElection Day is coming fast. Here's what voters should know (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
A shareholder has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his family's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, alleging illegal profits from deals with the United Arab Emirates. The suit claims violations of the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asTrump and crypto firm sued for profiting off foreign government (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asMan accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asRussia targets Dems with misinformation (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher, has been released by Russia after nearly five years of detention. He was convicted of serving as a mercenary. The release was announced by former President Donald Trump, who stated Russia demanded nothing in return.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asRussia frees retired US schoolteacher held since 2022 (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Attorneys for Representative Ilhan Omar accused the Justice Department of violating court orders during a search of her Washington, D.C. home. They demanded the return of seized property and preservation of search recordings, calling the investigation politically motivated.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asDOJ broke legal norms in Omar home search (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries, with President Volodymyr Zelensky declaring an end to an energy truce. The move follows a unilateral ceasefire proposal by former US President Donald Trump, which was not confirmed by Russia or Ukraine.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asUkraine gives up on Trump energy truce (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Federal agents have issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation into her family's immigration history. The probe follows a search of Omar's Washington, DC home.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asFederal authorities raid Omar's home (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Kyiv will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demand not to strike Russian oil refineries. He met European leaders in Brussels to rally support as relations with Washington have soured.
Mason City Globe Gazette reported it asEU leaders rally around Zelenskyy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' (opens Mason City Globe Gazette in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- globegazette.com
- Seen publishing on
- globegazette.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- 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
- 85
- Reports listed
- 85
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
85 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 85 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Mason City Globe Gazette’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
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