NL Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places NL Times in the centre. We have seen it on 14 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.
The Trump administration is preparing to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). These measures, intended to escalate US pressure, could disrupt the court's finances and daily operations. The sanctions are a response to the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
NL Times reported it asTrump administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (opens NL Times in a new tab)
The Netherlands has fallen to 46th place out of 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index. This marks a continued decline, with the country dropping three places from last year and 15 places the year before.
NL Times reported it asNetherlands drops to 46th place on Global Gender Gap Index (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)
A mass shooting at Washington Park in Chicago resulted in one fatality and 13 injuries. The incident occurred while police were present to disperse a large gathering. Authorities are seeking information to identify the perpetrator.
NL Times reported it asFrench, Belgian suspects among 34 held in fatal Overasselt shooting; Two cops hurt (opens NL Times in a new tab)
IKEA is investing €1.2 billion to lower prices on hundreds of products across Europe. The initiative aims to make home furnishings more accessible amid rising living costs, with average reductions ranging from 15% to 25%. Iconic items like the KALLAX and BILLY ranges are included.
NL Times reported it asIkea slashes prices by 1.2 billion in Europe to counteract the cost-of-living crisis (opens NL Times in a new tab)
A mass shooting at Washington Park in Chicago resulted in one fatality and 13 injuries. The incident occurred while police were present to disperse a large gathering. Authorities are seeking information to identify the perpetrator.
NL Times reported it asPerson killed, two cops injured in shooting in Gelderland village; Multiple arrests (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Shell is seeking to sell its underperforming U.S. chemical plants, which could be worth up to $8 billion. Several major companies, including ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell, have submitted non-binding offers.
NL Times reported it asShell could sell U.S. chemicals division for $8 billion as it refocuses on oil and gas (opens NL Times in a new tab)
A wildfire in Belgium’s High Fens nature reserve burned over 27 square kilometres on 15 August 2026, forcing 600 residents to evacuate. Over 250 emergency personnel, including firefighters from Belgium and Germany, were deployed, with EU assistance from Sweden, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.
NL Times reported it asNetherlands sends 2 Chinook helicopters to fight Belgian wildfire (opens NL Times in a new tab)
Four advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch, filed a lawsuit in New York on 11 August 2026 challenging the Trump administration’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court. The plaintiffs argue the measures violate US constitutional rights and hinder prosecutions of war crimes. The administration calls the ICC a threat to US sovereignty.
NL Times reported it asHuman rights orgs. sue U.S. gov't over sanctions against ICC in The Hague (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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
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
- 14
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
14 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 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 14 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 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 27 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 12 September 2026.
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