Muscatine Journal media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Muscatine Journal in the centre. We have seen it on 80 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Muscatine Journal biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Muscatine Journal in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Muscatine Journal left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Muscatine Journal in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Muscatine Journal reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Muscatine Journal are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Muscatine Journal has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Muscatine Journal’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asNot even Elon Musk has enough money to stop Democratic wave (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asCampaign season of surprises peaks with Tuesday's midterms (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asCampaign season of surprises peaks with Tuesday's midterms (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asMichigan endorsement roils Senate race (opens Muscatine Journal in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
Muscatine Journal reported it asTrump veto threat prompts debate (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it as'Star Trek,' 'X-Men' star Stewart dies (opens Muscatine Journal in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
Muscatine Journal reported it asIllinois man charged over hoax letters (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asTrump and crypto firm sued (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asRussia targets Dems with misinformation (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asMan accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asRussia frees retired US schoolteacher held since 2022 (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asFederal authorities raid Omar's home (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asDOJ broke legal norms in Omar home search (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Muscatine Journal 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.
Muscatine Journal reported it asEU leaders rally around Zelenskyy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' (opens Muscatine Journal in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
Muscatine Journal reported it asWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia draws scrutiny (opens Muscatine Journal in a new tab)
Eight US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its AI chatbot ChatGPT has caused harm to children. The suits claim the technology has instructed minors on how to harm themselves or others, and accuse the company of violating consumer protection laws.
Muscatine Journal reported it asWhat to know about Iowa's lawsuit against OpenAI and allegations of harm to children (opens Muscatine Journal in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated Kimberly Guilfoyle was not a member of his family and that he did not like the allegations against her. The White House had requested her resignation as US ambassador to Greece.
Muscatine Journal reported it asWhite House says it asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign (opens Muscatine Journal 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
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- muscatinejournal.com
- Seen publishing on
- muscatinejournal.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
- 80
- Reports listed
- 80
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
80 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. Muscatine Journal is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 80 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Muscatine Journal’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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