Penn Live media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Penn Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 89 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Penn Live biased?
The rating organisations do not give Penn Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; 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 Penn Live left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Penn Live one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Penn Live reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Penn Live 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 Penn Live has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Penn Live’s own report linked underneath.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has stated that his party will not permit President Donald Trump to appoint a "right-winger" to the Supreme Court. This stance raises the possibility of Democrats blocking future presidential nominees.
Penn Live reported it asSenate Democratic leader: we will not let Trump put a ‘right-winger’ on the Supreme Court (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Democrat Josh Shapiro has won reelection as Pennsylvania's governor, defeating Republican Stacy Garrity. The Associated Press announced the results on the night of November 3-4, 2026, confirming Shapiro's victory for a second term.
Penn Live reported it asPennsylvania’s Democratic sweep isn’t a vote for socialism (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Penn Live reported it asTrump Jr. backs Vance’s take that dad’s Iran war is to blame for GOP midterm blowout (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Fox News host Jesse Watters voiced concerns about the midterm election outcomes on air, stating he did not feel optimistic and that the Senate was "very much in play." He also mentioned not expecting to receive $5,000 checks.
Penn Live reported it asAre Trump’s proposed $5,000 checks still coming? (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Penn Live reported it asFirst Native American, black governors elected in sweeping historic midterms (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
Penn Live reported it asFirst Native American, black governors elected in sweeping historic midterms (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
Penn Live reported it asAngry voters, a war with Iran and soaring gas prices: What to watch as midterm results roll in (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Penn Live reported it asElection day in Pa. 2026: Live updates (opens Penn Live 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.
Penn Live reported it asIndigenous traditions thrive from Alaska salmonberry picking to Las Vegas art (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Donald Trump's political committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., for copyright infringement. The suit claims the unauthorized use of his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' at rallies violates a prior settlement.
Penn Live reported it asDonald Trump hit with $10 million lawsuit by rock legend. Here’s the latest (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
Penn Live reported it asWho will win the Senate? New poll shows Dems with a chance to flip it. (opens Penn Live 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.
Penn Live reported it asFans and Hollywood stars unite to honor Sir Patrick Stewart following emotional family statement (opens Penn Live 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.
Penn Live reported it asNew poll shows danger sign for Dems with just a week until midterms (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
Penn Live reported it asTrump offers $1 million for this information (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
Penn Live reported it asViral 3-year-old Florida soccer star at center of Winter Park police call and league dispute (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
The Pentagon is initiating a plan called FORTRESS to ensure major US military bases can operate independently for at least 90 days. This initiative aims to counter risks posed by potential disruptions to civilian power grids and supply chains during a major conflict.
Penn Live reported it asThe Pentagon wants military bases ready to run alone for 90 days (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Representative Mary Peltola are campaigning for Alaska Native voters' support ahead of the U.S. Senate election. Both candidates spoke at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference.
Penn Live reported it asSullivan, Peltola seek support from Alaska Native voters ahead of crucial Senate race (opens Penn Live 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.
Penn Live reported it asPersian leopard attacks zookeeper at Beekse Bergen safari park (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ad featured Amy Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur. Court records show Arthur has a history of legal troubles, including convictions for theft and animal neglect.
Penn Live reported it asMom featured in Ramaswamy attack ad kept kittens in 120-degree car, Pa. court records show (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Eight people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan. Jordanian authorities have labelled the incident as extremist terrorism, and investigations into the attackers' potential links to known groups are ongoing. The US embassy announced increased security measures across Jordan.
Penn Live reported it as7 dead, 40 wounded in Jordan church funeral shooting (opens Penn Live in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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
- Advance PublicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Official site
- pennlive.com
- Seen publishing on
- pennlive.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 89
- Reports listed
- 89
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
89 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. Penn Live is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 89 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Penn Live’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 32 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Penn Live, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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