Salt Lake Tribune media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Salt Lake Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 18 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Salt Lake Tribune biased?
The rating organisations do not give Salt Lake Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 Salt Lake Tribune left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Salt Lake Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 Salt Lake Tribune reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Salt Lake Tribune 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 Salt Lake Tribune has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Salt Lake Tribune’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asDemocrats clinch Senate as voters deliver blistering rebuke to Trump (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
The Department of Justice announced charges against 16 individuals across seven states for election crimes, including noncitizens casting ballots. The indictments cover illegal voting, voter registration, fraud, and firearm offenses.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asTrump’s Justice Department just announced scores of election-related charges, including a case in Utah (opens Salt Lake Tribune 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.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asPatrick Stewart, master of Shakespeare, ‘Star Trek’ and more, has died (opens Salt Lake Tribune 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.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asUtah files 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders, says the site breaks the state’s gambling laws (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking access to Utah's private voter information. The ruling marks the 27th consecutive loss for the DOJ in similar cases, according to Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asUtah’s elections chief doesn’t have to give full voter rolls to Trump’s DOJ, judge decides (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Erika Kirk is pushing back against a defense proposal to delay the murder trial of Tyler Robinson until 2029. She is asking a judge to set a trial date in 2027, arguing that further delays will prolong the family's suffering and noting the significant cost of the defense.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asLawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk say they won’t be ready for death penalty trial until 2029 (opens Salt Lake Tribune 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.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asLDS leader D. Todd Christofferson decries all forms of gambling, urges members to stop betting (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, who gained national attention for urging President Donald Trump to show mercy, has announced her resignation as head of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Her departure initiates a nearly two-year process to select her successor.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asProminent bishop who challenged President Trump on immigration is resigning (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
A Utah judge has ordered the release on bail of a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row. Prosecutors stated that new DNA evidence did not match him, leading to the decision despite objections from the victim's family.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asWill a former Utah death row inmate be freed after 41 years? A judge is reconsidering. (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
A former Utah postal worker has been indicted for allegedly discarding over 300 mail-in ballots found in a church parking lot dumpster. Federal officials are using the incident to underscore claims of voting fraud.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asA Utah postal worker allegedly threw away ballots. DOJ says it justifies a crackdown on mail voting (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Patagonia said on 2 September it will sue the Trump administration as part of a coalition contesting a July presidential order that reduced the size of Bears Ears National Monument. One digest cites a 1.36 million‑acre cut, another cites about three million acres and includes Grand Staircase‑Escalante.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asPatagonia, environmental and tribal groups sue Trump over shrinking Utah national monuments (opens Salt Lake Tribune 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.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asTrump wants to give part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asFormer Utah Jazz player Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asTrump administration moves to allow logging in pristine national forests (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
A cardiologist who treated Dick Cheney has questioned Donald Trump’s health in a New York Times op-ed, citing bruises, leg swelling and undisclosed medical imaging. The White House dismissed concerns as ‘cherry-picked screenshots’, while a Democratic congressman proposes an independent medical commission under the 25th Amendment.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asI was Dick Cheney’s cardiologist. Trump has not looked well, and we should know why. (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asHouse Democrats investigating possible insider trading tied to Trump’s shrinking of Bears Ears National Monument (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, have asked a Utah judge to block the death penalty. They argue the shooting did not endanger other attendees at the Utah Valley University event on 10 September 2025. Prosecutors say DNA links Robinson to the weapon.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asCharlie Kirk shooting: Tyler Robinson asks judge to block death penalty, dismiss charges (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
A 24-year-old gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, killing three people before dying by suicide. The victims were named after a community vigil, while no right-rated outlet reported the incident.
Salt Lake Tribune reported it asUtah man among those killed in Idaho In-N-Out mass shooting (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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
- The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- Official site
- sltrib.com
- Seen publishing on
- sltrib.com
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- 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
- 18
- Reports listed
- 18
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
16 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 4 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Salt Lake Tribune ran the story anyway.
Across the 18 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Salt Lake Tribune’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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