Richmond Register media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Richmond Register 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 119 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Richmond Register biased?
The rating organisations do not give Richmond Register 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 Richmond Register left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Richmond Register 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 Richmond Register reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Richmond Register are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Richmond Register has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Richmond Register’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.
Richmond Register reported it asPrize-winning author Phil Klay takes over at PEN America amid Israel-Hamas war rifts (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
The U.S. stock market experienced a significant rally, marking its best day in six weeks. This surge was driven by falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market, occurring shortly after the Federal Reserve announced a quarter-percentage-point interest rate increase.
Richmond Register reported it asUS stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Abu Zubaydah, held at Guantanamo Bay for two decades without charges, appeared at a hearing to review his detention. A U.S. official described him as a trusted facilitator for Osama bin Laden, while his attorneys argued he was never an al-Qaida member and poses no threat.
Richmond Register reported it asMan accused of ties to bin Laden and tortured after 9/11 has 20-year Guantanamo detention reviewed (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Israeli settlers celebrated the inauguration of a synagogue at the Homesh settlement in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian residents say the settlement restricts their access to farmland, and Israel's Supreme Court has acknowledged some land belonged to them.
Richmond Register reported it asIsraeli settlers, some armed, celebrate a new synagogue in the occupied West Bank, in photos (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it asKim Stanley Robinson won't read aloud his climate disaster scene from 'The Ministry for the Future' (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it asRussia's wartime parliamentary election is set to secure the Kremlin's power (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Richmond Register reported it asRussia's wartime parliamentary election is set to secure the Kremlin's power (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it asTexas puts to death a man in killing of 3 during home robbery, the state’s fifth execution this year (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign in North Carolina with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley. This event marks Trump's first rally since his midterm convention in Dallas, as Republicans hope his presence will energize voters.
Richmond Register reported it asTrump to campaign in North Carolina rally with his handpicked Senate nominee Michael Whatley (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
A trade war between the United States and Canada has led to reciprocal tariffs on approximately $20 billion of goods. Small business owners report increased costs and reduced sales, exacerbated by rising energy prices linked to the Iran war.
Richmond Register reported it asUS-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
Richmond Register reported it asThe FBI thwarted a Russian plot to kill a prominent dissident in Washington, authorities say (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Richmond Register reported it asTrump's push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it as3 supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore is dropped over pro-Palestinian comments (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has proposed new initiatives to enhance postpartum care, including free nurse home visits for all new parents and updated mental health screening regulations. The proposals follow the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, which highlighted concerns about maternal mental health.
Richmond Register reported it asMassachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Lindsay Clancy trial (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it asThe Latest: Board votes to close Kennedy Center amid financial woes and name dispute, AP sources say (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
Richmond Register reported it asMcConnell appears in Senate on Monday after June hospitalization (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
The trial of Jason Eaton has begun in Burlington, Vermont, for the attempted murder of three Palestinian college students. Eaton claims intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot, while prosecutors contend he acted with intent and was not legally insane.
Richmond Register reported it asA Vermont man is on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students. He claimed the CIA told him to do it (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have captured the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. This move strengthens their control over a vital maritime shipping route and pushes them closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Richmond Register reported it asWhat the closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline could mean for oil flows (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
Richmond Register reported it asThe Latest: EPA says it’s eliminating rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens Richmond Register 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.
Richmond Register reported it asMaduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case (opens Richmond Register 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- CNHIunknowndirect owner
- Retirement Systems of AlabamaPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- richmondregister.com
- Seen publishing on
- richmondregister.com
- Access
- Free to read
- 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
- 119
- Reports listed
- 119
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
119 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 11 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Richmond Register ran the story anyway.
Across the 119 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Richmond Register’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 16 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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