Mississippi Today media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Mississippi Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 20 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Mississippi Today biased?
The rating organisations do not give Mississippi Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; 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 Mississippi Today left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Mississippi Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Mississippi Today reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Mississippi Today 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 Mississippi Today has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Mississippi Today’s own report linked underneath.
Mississippi environmental regulators are penalizing SpaceXAI for alleged violations of state water pollution laws. The company reportedly began construction on its Southaven data center facilities without obtaining necessary permits, potentially facing significant fines.
Mississippi Today reported it asSpaceXAI started Southaven data center construction without water permits, state alleges. Fines could exceed $6M (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens was sentenced to 41 months in prison and a $100,000 fine for soliciting bribes in exchange for awarding city contract bids. Former Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks also received a prison sentence, and former Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty.
Mississippi Today reported it asFormer Hinds DA Jody Owens sentenced to 41 months after pleading guilty to corruption (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Mississippi Today reported it asDemocrats win US Senate, ending Republican dominance by harnessing voters’ frustration with Trump (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Kohen Wiley, a 1‑year‑old, was killed when Senatobia police Sgt. Hunter Foster fired into his mother’s car, saying it threatened to hit him. His parents protested at Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office, demanding a meeting after the AG’s office deemed the shooting appropriate. The ATF is investigating a fire at the police building.
Mississippi Today reported it asKohen Wiley's parents protest Mississippi attorney general (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
A fire damaged the Senatobia Police Department building on Saturday morning. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the incident. The department has been at the centre of controversy following an officer-involved shooting in June.
Mississippi Today reported it asFederal officials investigate arson at Senatobia Police Department (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice has stated that FBI and ICE agents will not serve as federal election monitors. This comes after litigation from the NAACP, which raised concerns about potential voter intimidation.
Mississippi Today reported it asSince Civil War, the law has prevented federal agents, including ICE, from polls, voting experts argue (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
A Hinds County judge rejected the Mississippi attorney general's request to permanently end the manslaughter prosecution of former Capitol Police officer Michael Rhinewalt, who admitted shooting 25‑year‑old Jaylen Lewis. The judge said the AG’s office displayed bias for law enforcement, keeping open the chance of a new trial.
Mississippi Today reported it asJudge rejects AG’s bid to permanently end case against ex-Capitol Police officer (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
Mississippi Today reported it asAttorney General clears Senatobia police officer who shot, killed Kohen Wiley (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Mississippi lawmakers held a hearing on prison healthcare, questioning the CEO of VitalCore Health Strategies about patient deaths and illnesses. Testimony included accounts of amputations, delayed cancer treatment, and an amputee inmate released to a motel with insufficient medical supplies.
Mississippi Today reported it asLawmakers concerned corrections agency may skip hearing on prison healthcare (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Republican campaigns and aligned groups have outspent Democrats by $400 million in the current election cycle, according to AdImpact. This financial disparity presents challenges for Democrats as they seek to win back House and Senate majorities in the upcoming midterms.
Mississippi Today reported it asMany GOP states have imposed new voting rules this year, some mirroring Trump’s midterm proposals (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
State Senator Johnny DuPree, recently elected, is now qualifying for a special election in November to fill a seat vacated by Senator Juan Barnett. This move is prompted by a dispute over legislative district maps, with Secretary of State Michael Watson directing officials to revert to older boundaries.
Mississippi Today reported it asRedistricting mess: Sen. Johnny DuPree, just elected to one seat, running for another (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel for highway use. The move comes as diesel prices reached a record high and ahead of the November midterm elections.
Mississippi Today reported it asReeves waives diesel tax enforcement after Trump order (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
New York will participate in a federal scholarship tax credit program starting January 1. Taxpayers can receive federal credits for donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations, with individuals eligible for up to $1,700 and married couples up to $3,400. The program faces opposition from teachers unions.
Mississippi Today reported it asFederal scholarship for private school and homeschooling opening to most kids in at least 30 states (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Leake County schools in Mississippi have been released from a federal desegregation order that had been in place for over 50 years. A judge approved the dissolution of the order on September 3, ending federal monitoring of the district.
Mississippi Today reported it asLeake County schools released from decades-long desegregation order (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a new poll shows they remain a significant historical event for many Americans. While about two-thirds believe 9/11 impacted the country, few plan to commemorate the upcoming anniversary.
Mississippi Today reported it as9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans, new poll finds (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing on Wednesday in New Orleans on Louisiana’s lawsuit aiming to overturn the federal policy that allows abortion pills to be prescribed without an in‑person visit. Medication abortion now dominates abortions, and telehealth prescriptions keep rising.
Mississippi Today reported it asUS appeals court considers effort to restrict the most common abortion method (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Thousands of protesters are expected on the National Mall for the "Defend the Vote" March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. The event follows a Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Mississippi Today reported it asCivil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Congressional Democrats launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s efforts to deport military service members and their families, citing an Associated Press report that found over 50 spouses and parents of active-duty troops have been detained by immigration authorities. The probe focuses on coordination between the Pentagon and DHS.
Mississippi Today reported it asCongressional Democrats launch probe of efforts to deport US military members and their families (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
A federal court monitor reported Mississippi’s Department of Child Protection Services met only 22 of 107 safety measures in 2025. Children in foster care experienced abuse or neglect at over twice the acceptable rate, and the state is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit.
Mississippi Today reported it asMississippi foster care system fails to meet dozens of safety requirements, new report says (opens Mississippi Today in a new tab)
Mississippi’s Joint Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee met on 3 August 2026 to start redrawing legislative, congressional and judicial districts following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling. Republican leaders declined to specify priorities, while activists called the process a sham.
Mississippi Today reported it asMississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling (opens Mississippi Today 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
We hold no ownership record for Mississippi Today.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- mississippitoday.org
- Seen publishing on
- mississippitoday.org
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 20
- Reports listed
- 20
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
20 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. Mississippi Today is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 20 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Mississippi Today’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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