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 233 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.
Phil Klay, an award-winning author and Iraq War veteran, has been appointed the new president of PEN America. He succeeds Dinaw Mengestu, who resigned in July following a PEN report on the isolation of Jewish and Israeli writers. The organization has faced internal disagreements related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asPrize-winning author Phil Klay takes over at PEN America amid Israel-Hamas war rifts (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official convicted of corruption, has fled the U.S. for Greece before his sentencing. He travelled by boat and plane, and his dual citizenship may prevent extradition.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asEx-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asThe Latest: Trump says EU allowing Canada as associate member could be a ‘hostile act’ (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Author Kim Stanley Robinson will not read aloud the first chapter of his novel 'The Ministry for the Future,' which depicts a heatwave causing 20 million deaths in India. He feels the scene is too graphic for public reading.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asKim Stanley Robinson won't read aloud his climate disaster scene from 'The Ministry for the Future' (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asCarney embraces EU associate membership proposal as Trump pushes Canada closer to Europe (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine's capital injures at least 16 (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine's capital injures at least 16 (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asRussia’s parliamentary vote features no real opposition to Putin's policies (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks scheduled for this weekend. The discussions aim to prevent the bifurcation of AI systems between the two countries.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asA global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Myanmar state media reported the deportation of US businessman Adam Castillo after he spent months in jail. Supporters claim the charges against him were fabricated. The Washington Post reported Castillo had been jailed for three months.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asUS businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
LeJames Norman was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for a 2005 triple murder. On the same day, a Georgia judge issued a stay of execution for Stacey Humphreys, citing a new sentencing law.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asTexas puts to death a man in killing of 3 during home robbery, the state’s fifth execution this year (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asWhat to know about Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore was cut and other artists dropped out (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asFederal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit, created in 2021, is plagued by staffing problems, leading to case backlogs and families not receiving necessary victim services. Federal spending has increased, but a significant portion of funds are redirected, and many positions remain unfilled.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asStaffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asEU chief proposes bloc-wide social media ban for kids under 13 (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on certain South African nationals, citing race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures. South Africa has rejected the US allegations, stating the measures are based on mischaracterised policies and fringe group information.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asTrump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asThe Latest: Board votes to close Kennedy Center amid financial woes and name dispute (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested Mexican national Arturo Carrera Loaiza at Lagos airport on August 19, 2026, while he was attempting to flee the country. The agency also dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi State.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asNigeria arrests Mexican national after anti-drug agency raids industrial-scale meth laboratory (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asMaduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in federal money laundering case (opens Oskaloosa Herald in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to France to address the European Parliament, seeking to deepen ties with the European Union. The visit comes as Canada is engaged in a trade dispute with the United States, with Carney stating a desire for Canada to emerge stronger and more independent from the conflict.
Oskaloosa Herald reported it asCarney hopes trade war with US will make Canada stronger and more resilient (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
- 233
- Reports listed
- 238
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
238 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 53 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Oskaloosa Herald ran the story anyway.
Across the 233 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 18 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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