Oskaloosa Herald media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Oskaloosa Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 367 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Oskaloosa Herald biased?
The rating organisations do not give Oskaloosa Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Oskaloosa Herald left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Oskaloosa Herald one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Oskaloosa Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Oskaloosa Herald 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 Oskaloosa Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Oskaloosa Herald’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. equity market recovered on Monday, with the S&P 500 rising between 0.5% and 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining between 363 and 391 points. Brent crude fell 5.8% to under $107 a barrel, while investors await corporate earnings, midterm elections and a key jobs report.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asUS stocks turn unsteady following last week's sell-off, but oil prices fall sharply (opens Oskaloosa Herald 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.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asEl-Sayed's primary rival stuns Democrats by endorsing his GOP opponent in Michigan Senate race (opens Oskaloosa Herald 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.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asJustice Department says it plans to appeal ruling dismissing its challenge to Alaska's certification of US Senate race (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse histories and cultures of hundreds of tribal communities across the U.S. Reports highlight artists, families returning to subsistence gathering, and early childhood programs.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asFrom salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
King Charles III has arrived in Guyana, the second stop on his nine-day Caribbean tour. The visit coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Guyana and renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in the slave trade.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asKing Charles III urges countries to follow Guyana’s lead in protecting forests (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
El Paso Matters has filed a lawsuit seeking to make public investigative records from the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. The lawsuit asserts the Texas Attorney General's Office wrongly applied the Texas Family Code to keep records secret, arguing the investigation was not a child abuse case.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asEl Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV has urged the creation of international institutions to enforce ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence. Speaking at a Vatican gathering, he emphasized that AI should remain a tool, not a person, and that humans must retain control over its development and decisions.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asPope says 'most urgent' challenge facing AI race is need for institutional ethical framework (opens Oskaloosa Herald 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.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asG20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta (opens Oskaloosa Herald 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.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asDutch zookeeper dies after leopard attacked her in the animal's enclosure (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Two former FBI officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, face new charges including obstruction of justice. The Department of Justice filed the charges shortly before a court hearing, drawing criticism from the defense.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asJudge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials accused of false statements to Congress (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV stated that "there is no such thing as a holy war" in a video message to religious leaders in Assisi. He cancelled his in-person attendance due to recovery from lung cancer surgery. The gathering marked the 40th anniversary of a peace meeting initiated by St. John Paul II.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asPope says 'there is no such thing as a holy war' in message to religious leaders (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
An independent UN investigations panel has concluded that Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, particularly its energy systems. The report details the intent behind these attacks and their severe impact on the civilian population.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asRussia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asLocalized Russia-Ukraine ceasefire starts in deal brokered by Melania Trump; more attacks in Kyiv (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asAppeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran and its allies against attempting to disrupt Israel's parliamentary elections on October 27. He stated that Israel's military would respond with disproportionate force to any interference.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asNetanyahu denies reports about escalation with Iran in last day before election (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Chris Brown is scheduled for sentencing on Monday at London's Southwark Crown Court for a bottle attack at a nightclub. He pleaded guilty to affray, but reports differ on when the incident occurred.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asSinger Chris Brown to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asBlanche says Trump isn't trying to meddle with Alaska election results by suing over Senate race (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that a potential resumption of war with the US and Israel would not alter Iran's policies. He also indicated that the management of the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its pre-war status.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asIran says messages are still being passed to the US amid war concerns, and other Mideast news (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Starlink and Starshield satellite terminals in Ukraine are now functioning at speeds over 161 km/h, according to a Ministry of Defense source. This development indicates a potential reversal of previous limitations that hampered counter-drone operations and logistics.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asUkraine's Starlink satellite speeds restored after a week of front-line disruption (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Erika Kirk is pushing back against a defense proposal to delay the murder trial of Tyler Robinson until 2029. She is asking a judge to set a trial date in 2027, arguing that further delays will prolong the family's suffering and noting the significant cost of the defense.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asDefense attorneys in Charlie Kirk's killing say they need years to prepare for trial (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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 Oskaloosa Herald.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- oskaloosa.com
- Seen publishing on
- oskaloosa.com
- Access
- Paywalled
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
- 367
- Reports listed
- 377
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
377 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.
On 88 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Oskaloosa Herald ran the story anyway.
Across the 367 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Oskaloosa Herald’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 2 November 2026.
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