ResearchBuzz media bias and reliability
ResearchBuzz is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 41 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ResearchBuzz biased?
ResearchBuzz 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 ResearchBuzz left or right?
ResearchBuzz is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is ResearchBuzz reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for ResearchBuzz. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What ResearchBuzz has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ResearchBuzz’s own report linked underneath.
The Trump administration postponed a White House technology panel meeting scheduled for Friday. The panel includes top executives like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. An Energy Department spokesperson confirmed the delay.
ResearchBuzz reported it asReuters: Trump administration scraps meeting of high-profile tech panel (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Salon, an early digital news publication known for its sharp voices and liberal sensibility, announced it will cease publication on November 5, 2026, after 31 years. The outlet attributed the closure to profound changes in the business of independent digital journalism.
ResearchBuzz reported it asAssociated Press: Online magazine Salon announces it is shutting down (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time' following significant Democratic victories in the US midterm elections. He also suggested data centers in space are an attractive option. Musk had funded Republican candidates with hundreds of millions of dollars.
ResearchBuzz reported it asPolitico: Elon Musk suffers major blow in US midterms (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
ResearchBuzz reported it asPolitico: Europe’s supermarkets hit by new wave of cyberattacks targeting fridges (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Utah has filed 13 felony charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and its co-founders. The state attorney general alleges the company continues to operate in Utah despite a federal court ruling, escalating a dispute over regulatory authority.
ResearchBuzz reported it asSalt Lake Tribune: Utah files 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders, says the site breaks the state’s gambling laws (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, seeking $72.5 million. Piker alleges Jennings used an edited video to falsely portray him as advocating for the lynching of Black Americans.
ResearchBuzz reported it asDeadline: CNN’s Scott Jennings Hit With $72.5M Suit By Hasan Piker Over “Manipulated” Lynching Misquote (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Dictionary.com has selected 'Maxxing' as its 2026 Word of the Year. The term signifies an effort to maximize and optimize various life areas, gaining traction among Generation Z and Alpha.
ResearchBuzz reported it as‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year: ‘It’s cooler than saying you’re doing more’ (The Guardian) (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
ResearchBuzz reported it asWordPress: Critical PHP Security Release (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
An Associated Press review of thousands of posts on an online forum controlled by Nevada Republican congressional candidate Marty O'Donnell found racial slurs, defenses of white nationalist conspiracy theories, and minimizations of Nazi Germany. The forum, known as 'The Marty Army,' has also been used to solicit campaign funds.
ResearchBuzz reported it asAssociated Press: Online forum controlled by Nevada GOP House candidate contains slurs and Nazi talk, AP review finds (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Australia is preparing to sue major digital platforms including Facebook and TikTok for allegedly failing to comply with a nationwide ban on social media use for under-16s. Communications Minister Anika Wells confirmed the legal action is expected to proceed.
ResearchBuzz reported it asAustralia to sue Facebook, TikTok for alleged breaches of ban: Minister (Bloomberg) (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine. Career staff raised concerns, and the operation did not proceed.
ResearchBuzz reported it asProPublica: Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
More than two dozen US lawmakers have asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause its new AI tool for managing flights in the Washington area. They cite concerns about safety evaluation, testing, and personnel training for the system.
ResearchBuzz reported it asReuters: Lawmakers ask FAA to pause use of new AI tool in DC-area flight management (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
TikTok has permanently banned the account promoting Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk, citing political content policy violations. The distributor plans to appeal the decision as the film expands to more theaters.
ResearchBuzz reported it asHollywood Reporter: TikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
The campaign of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has filed a complaint against Meta at the country's electoral court. They allege the company used biased algorithms and AI restrictions to favour opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in the upcoming election.
ResearchBuzz reported it asNBC News: Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Christian Devine, a Pentagon public affairs executive, has been appointed acting publisher of Stars and Stripes. The move follows the recent dismissal of the newspaper's editor-in-chief and a reporter.
ResearchBuzz reported it asMilitary.com: Pentagon Names One of Its Own Public Affairs Officials to Run Stars and Stripes (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself wrestling a tiger on his Truth Social account. This followed the death of William Chapman, who entered a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The family of Mr Chapman has asked that images of the incident not be distributed.
ResearchBuzz reported it asThe Guardian: Family of man killed by tiger criticise online content after Trump reposts video (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, stating that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than everyday products like milk and washing machines. He advocates for mandatory incident reports and independent evaluators.
ResearchBuzz reported it asBBC: AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that social media has become less hostile and experienced fewer bots following Ukrainian attacks on Yandex data centers. Cloudflare data shows a significant drop in YandexBot traffic after drone strikes on Yandex data centers.
ResearchBuzz reported it asReuters: Russia’s Yandex says data centre in Vladimir area shut down after drone attack (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Finland's Supervisory Authority LVV has ordered Google's subsidiary Tuike Finland to immediately suspend preparatory work on data centres in Muhos and Kajaani. The decision comes amid suspicions of illegal logging and significant environmental changes at the construction sites, pending environmental impact assessments.
ResearchBuzz reported it asCNBC: Google ordered to halt work on two data centers in ‘Texas of Europe’ (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
D. Todd Christofferson, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, warned that online prediction markets and sports betting are promoting greed, especially among young people. He spoke at the church's semiannual general conference in Salt Lake City.
ResearchBuzz reported it asAssociated Press: Mormon leader decries explosion in sports betting, prediction markets (opens ResearchBuzz in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed ResearchBuzz. We asked on 10 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 ResearchBuzz.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- rbfirehose.com
- Seen publishing on
- rbfirehose.com
- 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
- 41
- Reports listed
- 42
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
42 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. ResearchBuzz has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 41 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ResearchBuzz: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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