Metro News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Metro News 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 202 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Metro News biased?
The rating organisations do not give Metro News 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 Metro News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Metro News 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 Metro News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Metro News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Metro News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Metro News’s own report linked underneath.
Thomas Markle Snr, father of the Duchess of Sussex, has reportedly been moved into a Florida care home for dementia patients. The move comes amid an FBI investigation into alleged child abuse images found at his home and storage units.
Metro News reported it asMeghan Markle's dad 'moved into care home for dementia patients' (opens Metro News in a new tab)
The Royal Navy tracked a Russian intelligence-gathering ship, the Viktor Leonov, off the coast of Scotland. The vessel was observed monitoring NATO military exercises, leading to the deployment of Royal Navy helicopters.
Metro News reported it asNavy intercepts three Russian vessels sailing through UK waters (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Donald Trump told a campaign rally he could have won the Vietnam War in a week and the Afghanistan War in three weeks. He also referred to the use of Agent Orange and suggested bombing Ho Chi Minh City.
Metro News reported it asDonald Trump reckons he would have won the Vietnam War 'in a week' (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asHow to get your head around the key races in US midterm elections (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared the UK's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organisations and MI6 as a hostile group. The decision is a response to what Iran describes as hostile actions by the British government.
Metro News reported it asIran designates RAF and Royal Navy as 'terrorist organisations' (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Jersey Airport experienced flight disruptions on Friday evening due to unauthorised drone activity in restricted airspace. Three inbound flights were diverted, and police conducted searches for drone operators without success.
Metro News reported it asFlights prevented from landing at airport by 'illegal and persistent' drones (opens Metro News in a new tab)
JD Vance faced criticism after responding to a question about housing affordability by joking about Senator Jon Husted's body. The exchange occurred at a Fox News town hall and was widely shared online.
Metro News reported it asJD Vance deflects question about young families with joke about senator's 'a**' (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asTrump and Melania hand out candy to kids 'dressed in Soviet military uniform and Russian sundress' (opens Metro News in a new tab)
The US Army conducted a large-scale exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to practice mass burial procedures for the first time in decades. The training simulated burying up to 2,400 bodies per day in preparation for high-intensity conflicts with mass casualties.
Metro News reported it asThe US Army is practising how to dig mass graves in conflict (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asCrypto giant loses £4,700,000,000 in 'largest heist in history' (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asSir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86 after ‘brief and poignant journey’ with illness (opens Metro News in a new tab)
An Ebola outbreak in Africa has surpassed 10,000 cases and 4,900 deaths, prompting warnings from the Africa CDC director general that the virus could spread globally. Health ministers agreed to keep borders open while strengthening coordination.
Metro News reported it asTop health official says the Ebola outbreak could reach the UK (opens Metro News in a new tab)
A photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mozambican President Daniel Chapo meeting in Moscow has become a subject of online discussion and memes due to their significant height difference. The leaders met during international summits.
Metro News reported it asPutin brutally mocked for photo with president who towers over him (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asZookeeper dies after being mauled by a leopard (opens Metro News in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Metro News reported it asUkrainians return to hellscape they called home after ceasefire agreed (opens Metro News 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.
Metro News reported it asDad murdered sheriff’s deputy after seeing footage of son being killed by police (opens Metro News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump confirmed he may move the White House press corps to a different location. He dismissed reports that he planned to remove the press room and restore a historic swimming pool, calling such an idea 'stupid'.
Metro News reported it asCould Nicki Minaj really become Donald Trump's press secretary? (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Nigel Farage has been mocked by political rivals after a Reform UK event in London was attended by few supporters. Images of empty seats were shared online, with the party leader blaming staff for the poor turnout.
Metro News reported it asNigel Farage lashes out at Reform 'incompetence' after speech in half-empty hall (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Metro News reported it asAnthropic claims AI will help cure cancer and diseases that have 'plagued humani (opens Metro News in a new tab)
House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a 50-page report alleging Donald Trump's involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein case and a government cover-up. The report claims there is enough evidence to warrant a criminal investigation into the former president.
Metro News reported it asDamning 50-page report exposes Trump's lies about the Epstein files (opens Metro News 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
- DMG MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Daily Mail and General TrustMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermereunknownparent group
- Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermereunknownparent group
- Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermereunknownparent group
- Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermereunknownparent group
- Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)Independentparent group
- Geraldine Mary HarmsworthIndependentparent group
- Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess RothermereBillionaireparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- metro.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- metro.co.uk
- 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
- 202
- Reports listed
- 208
- We could read
- 47
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
161 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 47 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 61 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Metro News ran the story anyway.
Across the 202 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Metro News: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Metro News, also publishing from United Kingdom, 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 Metro News 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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