ORF.at News media bias and reliability
ORF.at News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 457 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ORF.at News biased?
ORF.at News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ORF.at News left or right?
ORF.at News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is ORF.at News reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for ORF.at News. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What ORF.at News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ORF.at News’s own report linked underneath.
Ryanair is considering significant cost-cutting measures, such as temporarily freezing employee salaries, as rising fuel prices and the impact of the "Iran war" increase operational costs. The airline estimates its oil costs could rise by €2 billion next year.
ORF.at News reported it asExpensive Kerosene: Ryanair Announces Price Increases (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A 46‑year‑old German paediatrician faced a court in Potsdam on Monday, accused of sexually abusing more than 70 children over a decade. Prosecutors say the abuse involved 130 offences and victims were between two and twenty years old.
ORF.at News reported it asDozens of Children Abused: Doctor in Potsdam in Court (opens ORF.at News 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.
ORF.at News reported it asShortly Before Midterms: Democratic Dispute Escalated in Michigan (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington evaluated potential renewed military action against Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated diplomatic talks with Iran have continued without interruption.
ORF.at News reported it asReport: Trump Discusses Iran War with Netanyahu (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran within days. He alleged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Trump to attack an underground facility known as 'Pickax Mountain'. Carlson did not provide evidence for his claims.
ORF.at News reported it asReport: Trump Discusses Iran War with Netanyahu (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
ORF.at News reported it asCourt Rejects Trump's Lawsuit to Election in Alaska (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Thousands gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to mark the second anniversary of a railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people. The tragedy, which occurred on November 1, 2024, is linked to protests that contributed to the fall of the ruling party.
ORF.at News reported it asSerbia Commemorates Novi Sad Disaster (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power on Sunday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported significant damage to an industrial facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region following a Ukrainian drone attack.
ORF.at News reported it asAttacks on Ukraine: Hundreds of Thousands of Households without Electricity (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A Yemeni staff member of the UN Human Rights Office, Mohammad el Shami, has died in Houthi custody. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent investigation into his death.
ORF.at News reported it asYemen: UN Personnel Kidnapped by Huthis Dead (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Alaska's Republican-run state government has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Trump's direction that seeks to halt the certification of the state's Senate race. The state argues the Justice Department's demand to separate ballots is impossible and violates voter privacy.
ORF.at News reported it asName Veterans at Midterms: Alaska vs. Trump Klage (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
ORF.at News reported it asU.S. Justice: Criminal Investigation on Alaska Election (opens ORF.at News 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.
ORF.at News reported it asUS-Midterms: New Record in Early Vote (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A summit between Canada and the European Union in Montreal has concluded. Digital trade was a key topic on the agenda for the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
ORF.at News reported it asEU and Canada Launch New Alliance (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
ORF.at News reported it asG-20 Meeting Overshadowed by Dispute over Russia (opens ORF.at 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.
ORF.at News reported it as$2.5 Billion Frozen: Hacker Attack at Binance (opens ORF.at 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.
ORF.at News reported it as"Star Trek" and "X-Men" Star Patrick Stewart Died (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Imperial Oil announced a third-quarter profit of $2.45 billion, a significant increase from $539 million in the same period last year. The company's results were bolstered by rising oil prices and improved refining margins, while upstream production saw a slight decrease.
ORF.at News reported it asHigh Crude Oil Prices: Europe's Oil Companies with Huge Profits (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
A vessel caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil trade route. Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed three oil tankers hit mines, but the status of the crew and the cause of the fires remain unclear.
ORF.at News reported it asIran: Tankers Ran Into Mines in the Strait of Hormus (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Russia's Ministry of Defence announced missile and drone strikes targeting military production and logistics infrastructure in Ukraine. Kyiv reported one death and fourteen injuries from an attack on the Southern Bridge in the capital.
ORF.at News reported it asMoscow: More than 1,200 Ukrainian Drones Resisted (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
ORF.at News reported it asIran: Talking on Roadmap for the End of War (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed ORF.at News. We asked on 4 October 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for ORF.at News.
Where it publishes from
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
- 457
- Reports listed
- 477
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
477 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. ORF.at News has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 457 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than ORF.at News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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