RocketNews media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place RocketNews as leaning left. We have seen it on 24 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is RocketNews biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place RocketNews as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is RocketNews left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place RocketNews as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is RocketNews reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for RocketNews are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What RocketNews has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with RocketNews’s own report linked underneath.
Astronomers have confirmed Elias 2-24 b as the youngest exoplanet discovered to date, with an age of less than one million years. The Jupiter-sized planet, located 450 light-years away, is still within its natal disk of dust and gas, prompting a re-evaluation of planet-formation models.
RocketNews reported it asAstronomers just found the youngest known planet ever (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
A Government Accountability Office report found the Trump administration spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers in 2025. The initiative, known as DOGE, led to a 435% increase in such leave, with an estimated $6.7 billion spent on a deferred resignation program.
RocketNews reported it asUS government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. India's Ministry of External Affairs stated the nation will take necessary steps to protect its trade and economic interests.
RocketNews reported it asHouse passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Canada is offering priority access to tax rulings for investors committing $1 billion or more to the economy. The move, announced by Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, aims to reduce risk and encourage major projects.
RocketNews reported it asFive takeaways from Canada's push to woo the world's richest investors (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has stated that nuclear weapons could be used in response to actions by the US and South Korea. This statement follows defense talks between the two nations aimed at strengthening cooperation against potential weapons of mass destruction attacks from Pyongyang.
RocketNews reported it asSeoul court orders North Korea to pay $32.5m for blowing up office (opens RocketNews 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.
RocketNews reported it asUS charges five people over alleged Russian plots (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have significantly reduced the country's diesel production. Three of Russia's six largest diesel-producing refineries cut production or halted operations entirely in September due to damage from these strikes.
RocketNews reported it asUkraine war briefing: No energy ceasefire until Russia stops, Zelenskyy confirms after Trump claim (opens RocketNews 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.
RocketNews reported it asUS scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
RocketNews reported it asTrump administration suffers double legal setback over immigration rules (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has threatened to halt trade with countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. if the Federal Reserve does not lower interest rates. The ultimatum was issued in a Truth Social post on Friday.
RocketNews reported it asTrump calls for interest rate cut after jobs figures raise hike bets (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Gaza's Civil Defense recovered the remains of 55 Palestinians from beneath a building destroyed in an Israeli strike approximately two to three years ago. Recovery operations were hindered by equipment shortages, according to officials.
RocketNews reported it asGaza teams recover remains of 55 people nearly 3 years after Israeli strike (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
The Trump administration is reportedly pressuring the National Park Service to transfer a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private developer, Kingsbarn Realty Capital. The developer seeks the land to build a road connecting its property to the park, raising conservation concerns.
RocketNews reported it asTrump administration pushing to hand parcel of Yosemite land to private developer – report (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is reportedly considering a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The move has drawn opposition from Labour Friends of Israel and warnings from UK Lawyers for Israel about potential breaches of international agreements.
RocketNews reported it asBurnham’s expected UK ban on Israeli settlement goods draws broad support (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged in a Minneapolis shooting has been released from a Texas jail. A judge refused to order his extradition to Minnesota, citing jurisdictional issues, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott awaits an internal state investigation.
RocketNews reported it asEx-ICE agent charged over shooting is freed by Texas authorities (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Flash floods and landslides swept away villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people. Experts suggest a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was the cause, with climate change and the region's topography exacerbating the risks.
RocketNews reported it asClimate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan has endorsed incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, urging voters to distinguish him from another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan. The latter is accused by critics of being a 'Decoy Dan' intended to confuse voters in the competitive race.
RocketNews reported it asEx-mayor Dan Sullivan supports incumbent Dan Sullivan’s Senate bid against third Dan Sullivan (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has finished her egg-freezing procedure. She announced the completion of the process on social media, stating she would share further updates on her recovery and the journey.
RocketNews reported it asAOC says she's been saving up to freeze her eggs. Here's how much the procedure can cost (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
The United States announced it would impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian products, effective early Saturday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated Canada declined to finalize a trade deal on previously agreed terms, leading to the tariffs.
RocketNews reported it asU.S.-Canada trade talks collapse just before deadline for tariffs (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
The US Army is disbanding a drone assault battalion established in Europe in January 2026 to test drone and robotic warfare tactics. The 600-soldier unit, part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, will revert to its original role after an exercise in Germany. Military experts warn the move could slow adaptation to modern battlefields.
RocketNews reported it asArmy will shut down a unit in Europe focused on learning drone warfare (opens RocketNews in a new tab)
The Trump administration proposed rules to block illegal immigrants from receiving refund payments through four refundable tax credits, estimating $3bn in savings. The changes target the adoption, child, American opportunity and earned income tax credits, affecting nearly 1 million people.
RocketNews reported it asTreasury, IRS move to restrict refundable tax credits to certain immigrants (opens RocketNews 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
We hold no ownership record for RocketNews.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- rocketnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- rocketnews.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
- 24
- Reports listed
- 24
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
22 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 10 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and RocketNews ran the story anyway.
Across the 24 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of RocketNews: its report arrived a median of 30 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as RocketNews, also publishing from United Kingdom, 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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