NL Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places NL Times in the centre. We have seen it on 23 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is NL Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places NL Times in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is NL Times left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places NL Times in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is NL Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for NL Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What NL Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with NL Times’s own report linked underneath.
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
NL Times reported it asFridges, freezers of 17 Dutch businesses attacked; Large supermarkets unaffected (opens NL Times 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.
NL Times reported it asMassive $6 billion Binance crypto hack likely has small impact in the Netherlands (opens NL Times 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.
NL Times reported it asExperienced Beekse Bergen zookeeper dies days after leopard attack, safari park says (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Oxfam’s new study says the world’s richest 0.1% produce more carbon than the poorest 3.5 billion, that the richest 1% account for 20% of warming since 1990, and that their emissions could cause 1.9 million excess heat‑related deaths, mostly in low‑income nations.
NL Times reported it asSuper rich contributing 400 times more to climate change than poor: Oxfam (opens NL Times 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.
NL Times reported it asBeekse Bergen caretaker in critical condition after panther attack, remains sedated (opens NL Times in a new tab)
KLM and Air France have been fined by the US Department of Transportation for flying too low over Iraq on more than 100 occasions. The airlines operated through Iraqi airspace under codeshare agreements with Delta Air Lines.
NL Times reported it asU.S. Department of Transportation fines KLM nearly €286,000 for flying too low over Iraq (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Allegations that Jared Kushner held secret foreign bank accounts linked to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Azerbaijan have surfaced from a forthcoming book. Kushner and his lawyer have publicly denied these claims, with Kushner calling them 'completely insane'. Dutch military intelligence is reportedly involved in the phone monitoring.
NL Times reported it asDutch intelligence service spied on phone of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner: book (opens NL Times in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
NL Times reported it asDutch parliament website taken offline as cybersecurity warning triggers precautions (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Israel's Foreign Ministry has called a ban on its football fans attending a match in Alkmaar discriminatory and accused the Netherlands of antisemitism. Local authorities cited security risks and past incidents as reasons for the decision.
NL Times reported it asIsrael demands that Alkmaar allows football supporters to attend match (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
NL Times reported it asFmr. ICC Judge Navanethem Pillay wins Nobel Peace Price (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
NL Times reported it asFmr. ICC Judge Navanethem Pillay wins Nobel Peace Price (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Israel's National Security Council has issued a warning to its citizens and Jews abroad about increased terror threats ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks. The council advised specific precautions and highlighted certain countries as high-risk destinations.
NL Times reported it asCommemmorations of Oct. 7 attacks in Israel in various places in the Netherlands (opens NL Times in a new tab)
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court. The European Commission stated it will work with the ICC to ensure its effectiveness, while the UN and several allied nations have condemned the US decision.
NL Times reported it asTrump administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (opens NL Times in a new tab)
British, US, and Dutch intelligence services have issued a joint warning about Iranian state-linked spyware known as 'CHOSEN BRICK'. The malware is used to steal sensitive information from dissidents, activists, and journalists through spear-phishing attacks.
NL Times reported it asIran using spyware to gather information on dissidents living in the West: AIVD (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Calls for action against smart glasses are growing in Europe due to privacy concerns over covert recording. Norway is considering a ban or stricter regulations, while Oslo has already banned the devices in schools.
NL Times reported it asMeta camera glasses should be banned for privacy reasons, says Dutch consumer group (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Apple has launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, at its 'Surprise and Shine' event. The company also introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This marks the first major product launch under new CEO John Ternus.
NL Times reported it asiPhone Duo to launch in Netherlands at nearly €2,350 (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
NL Times reported it asiPhone Duo to launch in Netherlands at nearly €2,350 (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
NL Times reported it asEuropean gas prices hit highest level since 2023; Significant losses at stock exchange (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Eight Indonesian airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma, were closed on 7 September due to ash from the Mount Anak Krakatau eruption. The transport ministry reported 170,000 people were affected by flight cancellations.
NL Times reported it asDozens of Dutch travellers stranded in Indonesia following volcanic eruption (opens NL Times in a new tab)
The Anak Krakatau volcano erupted on September 4-5, 2026, with an ash column observed by satellite. Loud booms were heard up to 150km away, and Indonesian authorities placed the volcano under Alert Level III, prohibiting access within a 3km radius.
NL Times reported it asDozens of Dutch travellers stranded in Indonesia following volcanic eruption (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckcenterCheck it
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.
Mixed factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for NL Times.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Official site
- nltimes.nl
- Seen publishing on
- nltimes.nl
- 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
- 23
- Reports listed
- 25
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
23 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. NL Times is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 23 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of NL Times: its report arrived a median of 25 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
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