RP Online media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give RP Online one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 80 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is RP Online biased?
The rating organisations do not give RP Online one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is RP Online left or right?
The rating organisations do not give RP Online one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is RP Online reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for RP Online 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 RP Online has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with RP Online’s own report linked underneath.
Ilse Aigner has been chosen as the candidate for Federal President by the CDU and CSU. While the SPD has pledged support, Green Party politicians have criticized the selection process led by Friedrich Merz. The AfD has stated Aigner cannot unite Germans.
RP Online reported it asCSU Woman Becomes Federal President: These Are the Winners and Losers in Aigner Poker (opens RP Online in a new tab)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine. Both leaders agreed the conflict must end as soon as possible, and any peace deal requires NATO approval. The conversation occurred ahead of upcoming talks in Abu Dhabi.
RP Online reported it asCall Merz: Does Trump Make a Deal with Putin without Europe? (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asDemocrats Are Election Winners: Wüst Relieved – "Americans Set a Clear Signal for Change" (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asDemocrats Win Majority in the Senate: Trump's Republican Slump in U.S. Congressional Elections (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asDemocrats Win Majority in the Senate: Trump's Republican Slump in U.S. Congressional Elections (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
RP Online reported it as"Don't Say Comforting Words: Spanish Footballer Jesus De Miguel Died After Foul (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asSet to 50 Degrees: Hackers Defrosting Cooling Systems in Swedish and Belgian Supermarkets (opens RP Online in a new tab)
A 46‑year‑old German paediatrician faced a court in Potsdam on Monday, accused of sexually abusing more than 70 children over a decade. Prosecutors say the abuse involved 130 offences and victims were between two and twenty years old.
RP Online reported it asMore than 70 Victims: Abuse Process Against Pediatricians Has Begun (opens RP Online in a new tab)
The German coalition government has agreed to intervene in the event of rising fuel prices. The economy ministry has drafted a plan for a price cap on gasoline and diesel, which could be imposed from January 2027.
RP Online reported it asDraft Ministry: Reiche Wants to Connect Fuel Price Caps to Foreign Prices (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Bärbel Bas has resigned from her positions as SPD chairwoman and Federal Minister of Labour, citing personal grief and political pressure. In her first public comments since stepping down, she detailed attacks from the Union and a lack of support from her own party.
RP Online reported it asBärbel Bas After Resigning: "Sometimes Hard to Get up in the Morning at all." (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asUS-Midterms: Why the Democrats Must Continue to Shake (opens RP Online 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.
RP Online reported it asCaptain Picard of "Spaceship Enterprise": Actor Patrick Stewart Died at the Age of 86 (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Oxfam’s new study says the world’s richest 0.1% produce more carbon than the poorest 3.5 billion, that the richest 1% account for 20% of warming since 1990, and that their emissions could cause 1.9 million excess heat‑related deaths, mostly in low‑income nations.
RP Online reported it asLiving at the Expense of the Majority: How Super-Rich People Drive Climate Collapse (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
RP Online reported it asWinner Wants to "Govern for All": Lula in Brazil Declared Election Winner – Bolsonaro Does Not Recognize Defeat (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image depicting a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv, warning that a loss in the upcoming election could lead to a 'Second Holocaust'. The post, which included text from a right-wing activist, drew criticism from opposition leaders.
RP Online reported it asBefore Elections in Israel: Netanyahu Plays with the Fear of the Nuclear Holocaust (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of an atomic bomb over Tel Aviv, warning of Iran's nuclear ambitions. The post, made two days before an election, also suggested domestic political issues were distractions from the threat. It drew criticism from a political opponent.
RP Online reported it asBefore Elections in Israel: Netanyahu Plays with the Fear of the Nuclear Holocaust (opens RP Online in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
RP Online reported it asNew Protests in France: Around 410,000 People at Demonstrations – Police Partially Use Tear Gas (opens RP Online in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump confirmed he may move the White House press corps to a different location. He dismissed reports that he planned to remove the press room and restore a historic swimming pool, calling such an idea 'stupid'.
RP Online reported it asTrump Is Considering Moving the Press Corps: "Maybe I'm Moving the Fake News to a Less Annoying place." (opens RP Online in a new tab)
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least five people were injured. Israel's military stated the men carried firearms. Following the incident, Israel ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank.
RP Online reported it asAfter Firearms Attack: Israel Prepares "Complete Lockdown" of West Bank (opens RP Online in a new tab)
A UN report states that global warming will inevitably surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Current policies project a rise to 2.8 degrees by 2100, but immediate, significant emissions reductions could limit the peak and return temperatures to 1.5C by 2100.
RP Online reported it asConsequences of Climate Change: According to the UN, Earth Is Heading for 2.8 Degrees of Warming (opens RP Online 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 RP Online.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Germany
- Official site
- rp-online.de
- Seen publishing on
- rp-online.de
- 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
- 80
- Reports listed
- 84
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
84 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 15 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and RP Online ran the story anyway.
Across the 80 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of RP Online: its report arrived a median of 28 hours 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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