Mediaite media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mediaite as leaning left. We have seen it on 458 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Mediaite biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mediaite as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Mediaite left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Mediaite as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Mediaite reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Mediaite are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Mediaite has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Mediaite’s own report linked underneath.
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
Mediaite reported it asHaley Stevens CNN Interview With Anderson Cooper on El-Sayed (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
Mediaite reported it as‘I Actually Don’t Think About Haley Stevens’: El-Sayed Rebuffs Questions About His Democratic Rival Bailing on Him Hours Before Election (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Mediaite reported it asJudge Issues Order On Two Dan Sullivans Running in Alaska (opens Mediaite 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.
Mediaite reported it asHaley Stevens Makes Shocking Appearance With Mike Rogers (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
A 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana was shot and killed in the Bronx. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the victim's mother.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Greenlights Visa for Mourning Mother of Slain Teen After Phone Call With Mamdani (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Eviscerated Over Bonkers ‘Racist’ Halloween Post (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Eviscerated Over Bonkers ‘Racist’ Halloween Post (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Mediaite reported it asBREAKING: Judge Dismisses Trump's WSJ Epstein Lawsuit (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Mediaite reported it asIran’s Supreme Leader Threatens Response Without ‘Geographic Limits’ as Report Claims New Strikes Could Come a Day After Midterms (opens Mediaite 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.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Doubles Down on Body Shaming Reporter He Insulted to His Face as ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Out of Shape’ (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
A Red Baron employee, Walt Z, became the subject of a viral prank that caused him distress. A GoFundMe fundraiser organized for him has since raised over $500,000, with his employer confirming he remains employed and supported.
Mediaite reported it asStruggling Dad Who Went Viral After Lashing Out at Streamer’s Cruel Prank Speaks Out as Fundraiser Soars (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
Mediaite reported it asTrump-Appointed Judge Mulls Whether DOJ Violated Statute Amid Comey Prosecution (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Elon Musk has expressed alarm over a potential Democratic victory in the 2028 US elections, warning it could lead to a permanent one-party state and the "end of democracy." He urged voters to support Republican Senate candidates in the upcoming midterms.
Mediaite reported it asElon Musk Wildly Claims Democrats Winning The Midterms Would Herald ‘The End of Democracy’ In The US (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
President Trump has called for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be removed from the ballot, alleging election fraud after reports surfaced of her campaign's alleged involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as her opponent, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Insults Alaskan Voters Over Dan Sullivan Controversy and Claims ‘Most’ Don’t Know Meaning of ‘Incumbent’ (opens Mediaite 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.
Mediaite reported it asEl-Sayed Snaps At Reporter When Asked Why It Took So Long to Campaign With Haley Stevens (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Donald Trump reportedly became angry upon learning his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon, secured a $50 million contract with a Venezuelan billionaire family. He suggested she donate a portion of the money to his future presidential library.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Reportedly ‘Erupted’ After Learning His Former Lawyer Scored $50 Million in Alleged Pardon Deal (opens Mediaite 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.
Mediaite reported it asBREAKING: Legendary Actor Patrick Stewart Has Died (opens Mediaite 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.
Mediaite reported it asTrump Cancels Red State Rally Same Day New Poll Shows Republican Senator 4-Points Down (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has publicly criticized Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's positions on Israel. Pelosi described his remarks as 'concerning' and 'wrong' during a podcast appearance, days before the Michigan Senate election.
Mediaite reported it as‘It’s Upsetting!’ Jewish Podcaster Presses Nancy Pelosi on Antisemitism in Democratic Party (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
175 House Democrats have sent a letter to federal officials demanding an end to the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration history. They argue the probe is a partisan attack and an attempt to influence her re-election bid.
Mediaite reported it asObama-Era FBI Found ‘Some Evidence’ of Ilhan Omar Marriage Fraud: NY Times (opens Mediaite 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
- Abrams MediaBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- mediaite.com
- Seen publishing on
- mediaite.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
- 458
- Reports listed
- 493
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
493 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 179 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Mediaite ran the story anyway.
Across the 458 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Mediaite’s on 29 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 October 2026.
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