Mass Live media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Mass Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 52 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Mass Live biased?
The rating organisations do not give Mass Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Mass Live left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Mass Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Mass Live reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Mass Live 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 Mass Live has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Mass Live’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
Mass Live reported it asAmid huge GOP losses, White House scorned for saying Trump wasn’t on ballot (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
On Election Day, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough linked the day's voting to the 'manosphere' and criticized ESPN's Pat McAfee for 'ruining College GameDay.' The comments were made on the 'Morning Joe' program.
Mass Live reported it asJoe Scarborough goes after ESPN’s Pat McAfee (opens Mass Live 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.
Mass Live reported it asIndigenous traditions thrive from Alaska salmonberry picking to Las Vegas art (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
Mass Live reported it asDemocrats open up 10-point lead in final days before midterms: New poll (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's rally in Salina, Kansas, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the cancellation five days before the November 3, 2026, Election Day.
Mass Live reported it asTrump explodes at reporter who asked about canceled rally: ‘You look like hell’ (opens Mass Live 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.
Mass Live reported it asFans and Hollywood stars unite to honor Sir Patrick Stewart following emotional family statement (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Donald Trump is holding frequent rallies to support Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. He highlights past economic achievements, but voters express worries about current inflation, particularly the rising cost of fuel and food.
Mass Live reported it asTrump is hitting the road 1 week before the midterms. Here’s where he’s campaigning. (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Rodney Hinton Jr. has been convicted of murder, reckless homicide, and felonious assault for the 2025 crash that killed Deputy Larry Ray Henderson Jr. Hinton, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Mass Live reported it asRodney Hinton Jr. convicted of murder in Ohio deputy's death (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
A zookeeper at Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands has died from injuries sustained in a leopard attack. The incident occurred while the employee was working in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards.
Mass Live reported it asPersian leopard attacks zookeeper at Beekse Bergen safari park (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Experts suggest that the act of smiling can positively impact mood and health by influencing emotions, stress hormones, and brain chemicals. Cultural perceptions of smiling vary, and forced smiling may not yield the same benefits.
Mass Live reported it asThis every-day action good for your health, study suggests (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Eight people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan. Jordanian authorities have labelled the incident as extremist terrorism, and investigations into the attackers' potential links to known groups are ongoing. The US embassy announced increased security measures across Jordan.
Mass Live reported it as7 dead, 40 wounded in Jordan church funeral shooting (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Fast-fashion giant Shein has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve a US Federal Trade Commission probe. The settlement follows over 12,000 consumer complaints regarding purchases and comes amid increasing regulatory pressure in Europe and the US.
Mass Live reported it asShein settlement: Will customers get part of the $100M payout? (opens Mass Live 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.
Mass Live reported it asDemocrats could tighten their grip on New England. Here are the races to watch (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Saturday Night Live has announced its next slate of hosts for season 52. Inde Navarrette will host the Halloween episode, followed by Druski and John Mulaney in early November. Musical guests for these episodes include Gracie Abrams, The Strokes, and Phoebe Bridgers.
Mass Live reported it asPopular comedian set to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the 7th time (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
An artificial intelligence model can predict cancer patients' survival risk and biological aging from a single facial photograph. The research, conducted by Mass General Brigham, used a model trained on over 40 million facial images.
Mass Live reported it asAI finds a surprising health clue in photos of cancer patients (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Democratic strategist James Carville stated he would prefer Republicans win the midterm elections by five seats rather than Democrats achieve a similar victory. He expressed concern that a narrow Democratic majority would make the party beholden to the Democratic Socialists of America.
Mass Live reported it asLongtime Dem strategist wants a GOP win in this ‘nightmare’ midterm scenario (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is planning a series of campaign trips in the final weeks before the midterm elections. Analysts suggest the Republican Party's chances of maintaining control of Congress are decreasing.
Mass Live reported it asLongtime Dem strategist wants a GOP win in this ‘nightmare’ midterm scenario (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
A conspiracy theory alleging Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was treated for a mental breakdown at a facility in Ohio has been debunked. Talarico stated he had the flu, and the facility confirmed he was never a patient.
Mass Live reported it asNew MAGA conspiracy theory falls apart after Democrat goes ‘missing’ (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
Governor Gavin Newsom has called for President Donald Trump's removal from office, citing the 25th Amendment. Newsom described Trump as 'mentally ill' and 'deranged and dangerous' after the president suggested Iran could attack Los Angeles or San Diego.
Mass Live reported it asHere’s what Trump actually meant about Iran taking out Los Angeles, San Diego (opens Mass Live in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment with Anduril Industries, an AI defense company. The Navy will fund $2.9 billion of the cost for a new facility in Baltimore County, Maryland. Defense companies linked to Trump's sons have secured over $6 billion in government contracts since their investments.
Mass Live reported it as$6.6 billion Navy submarine project expected to create 3,100 jobs (opens Mass Live 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Advance PublicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- masslive.com
- Seen publishing on
- masslive.com
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- 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
- 52
- Reports listed
- 52
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
52 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. Mass Live is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 52 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Mass Live: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Mass Live, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Mass Live publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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