Rutland Herald media bias and reliability
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Rutland Herald in the centre. We have seen it on 150 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Rutland Herald biased?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Rutland Herald in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Rutland Herald left or right?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Rutland Herald in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Rutland Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Rutland Herald are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Rutland Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Rutland Herald’s own report linked underneath.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at a conference for the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, which he formerly chaired. He told attendees they had a friend in the Trump White House and highlighted administration actions to alter vaccine guidance.
Rutland Herald reported it asKennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House (opens Rutland Herald 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.
Rutland Herald reported it asUS stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended the mandate of experts monitoring sanctions on Iran. The vote creates a gap in oversight as the sanctions themselves remain in effect.
Rutland Herald reported it asRussia and China veto US proposal for UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions on Iran (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Rutland Herald reported it asCarney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to visit the United States, families and advocates have made public appeals for the release of detained US scholar Min Zin and Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai. The pleas were made during congressional hearings in Washington.
Rutland Herald reported it asA detained US scholar’s wife asks Trump for help as Xi’s Washington visit nears (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
Rutland Herald reported it asEU chief proposes bloc-wide social media ban for kids under 13 (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
US envoy John Coale has arrived in Minsk to meet with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The talks are focused on negotiating the release of political prisoners. Coale's visit follows a trip to Lithuania and a previous successful negotiation that led to the release of 250 prisoners.
Rutland Herald reported it asBelarus' authoritarian leader meets US envoy to push for lifting sanctions (opens Rutland Herald 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.
Rutland Herald reported it asZelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
The United States is set to complete its military withdrawal from Iraq by September 30, with hundreds of remaining troops to depart. The Iraqi government has linked this withdrawal to an ultimatum for militias to lay down their weapons, but most have signalled they will not disarm.
Rutland Herald reported it asAs the last US troops pack up in Iraq, militias signal their weapons will stay (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
Rutland Herald reported it asBeijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China's AI development (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Rutland Herald reported it asIndonesia intensifies search effort for 129 people missing after ferry capsized in Java Sea (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
U.S. Senate Republicans have released a revised draft of the Clarity Act, a major cryptocurrency bill, incorporating new ethics language that President Donald Trump has agreed to. The bill includes provisions on affiliate trading, consumer protection, and software developer protections. A procedural vote is scheduled for Tuesday.
Rutland Herald reported it asTrump agrees to new bipartisan ethics provision in massive crypto bill, Republican senators say (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Firefighters have entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters following a blaze that killed at least five people and left 84 missing. Rescuers are continuing their search for those unaccounted for after the vessel caught fire two nights prior.
Rutland Herald reported it asRescuers pull more bodies from burned Philippine ferry as death toll hits 76 (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Rutland Herald reported it asTrump is heading to Ireland for the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf course (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday. They face up to 10 years in prison for inciting subversion under the national security law, a case seen as a measure of freedoms in the city.
Rutland Herald reported it asHong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison in national security case (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
A 31-year-old British man, Joshua Cammidge, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and preparing an act of sabotage. He allegedly researched drone manufacturing sites in Swindon and communicated with an individual believed to be linked to Russia's GRU Volunteer Corps.
Rutland Herald reported it asBritish man charged with aiding Russian spies to sabotage UK drone factory (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
Rutland Herald reported it asApple to unveil latest iPhone lineup with as John Ternus steps up as CEO (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee is facing a primary challenge from Helena Foulkes. McKee is attempting to avoid a rare defeat for an incumbent governor, while Foulkes has focused on his administration's handling of the Washington Bridge replacement project.
Rutland Herald reported it asRhode Island Gov. Dan McKee faces tough challenge from Helena Foulkes in Democratic primary (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Asian shares and U.S. futures showed mixed performance on Tuesday as escalating conflict in the Middle East, driven by Houthi attacks on Saudi facilities, pushed oil prices higher. China reported a significant jump in exports for August.
Rutland Herald reported it asAsian shares and US futures decline, while oil prices press higher (opens Rutland Herald in a new tab)
Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk' features an original song by David Byrne titled 'Let Me Sell You a Dream.' The lyrics are exclusively composed of Elon Musk's own quotes. The 235-minute film is set for a U.S. theatrical release on October 16.
Rutland Herald reported it asDocumentarian Alex Gibney on the power and influence of Elon Musk (opens Rutland Herald 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
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
- Sample News GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- rutlandherald.com
- Seen publishing on
- rutlandherald.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
- 150
- Reports listed
- 151
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
151 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. Rutland Herald is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 150 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Rutland Herald’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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