SIC media bias and reliability
SIC is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is SIC biased?
SIC is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is SIC left or right?
SIC is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is SIC reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for SIC. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What SIC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with SIC’s own report linked underneath.
Earl Charles Spencer claims King Charles sounded 'euphoric' and 'like a lottery winner' in a phone call shortly after Princess Diana's death in 1997. Buckingham Palace has responded, stating that grief can affect memory.
SIC reported it asRevealed Alleged Words of Charles III After Receiving News of Diana's Death: "Let's Forget Her Quickly" (opens SIC in a new tab)
In the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, juror Michael P. Desronvil was the sole holdout against an insanity acquittal, leading to an 11‑1 deadlock and a mistrial declared by Judge William Sullivan. Desronvil maintains prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly killed her three children.
SIC reported it asLindsay Clancy Hires Former Lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein and Karen Read After Overturned Trial (opens SIC in a new tab)
The juror who prevented a unanimous verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has hired Edward Paltzik, an attorney who previously represented Donald Trump. The juror stated he had no doubts about Clancy's guilt based on the evidence presented.
SIC reported it asLindsay Clancy Hires Former Lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein and Karen Read After Overturned Trial (opens SIC in a new tab)
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to use maps that more accurately represent the true relative sizes of countries and continents. The move, driven by African nations, seeks to correct distortions caused by the centuries-old Mercator projection.
SIC reported it asWhy Is the World Map We Know Not "True to Reality"? (opens SIC in a new tab)
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow for talks with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump described the visit as 'semi-routine' and indicated that Washington desires an end to the war in Ukraine. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed intelligence contacts but denied a meeting with President Putin.
SIC reported it asA Holder of a Political Office Who Used Confidential State Information to Make Money in Europe Would Be Seen as Corrupt. (opens SIC in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
SIC reported it asThe Scaring Images of the Floods in Nepal - What Is Known so Far (opens SIC in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
SIC reported it asThe Scaring Images of the Floods in Nepal - What Is Known so Far (opens SIC in a new tab)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the United Kingdom after six years in the US, but will not resume their roles as working royals. Their children will attend British schools from September, and King Charles III was informed of the decision on 16 August 2026.
SIC reported it asReturn to Sussex Life: Harry and Meghan Markle Will Return to England with Their Children (opens SIC in a new tab)
Hunter Biden disclosed in a BBC Newsnight interview that his father’s prostate cancer has metastasised to his bones, causing significant pain. The former US president, 83, was later seen in public wearing a dark suit and using a cane. Outlets varied in emphasis, with left-rated reports focusing on the medical details and right-rated digests noting the political context.
SIC reported it asExciting, Joe Biden's Son Reveals that His Father's Cancer Is Spreading: "Extremely Painful and debilitating." (opens SIC in a new tab)
Apple removed Telegram from the iOS App Store globally after a review found child sexual abuse material, then restored it once the content was deleted and the user banned. Existing installations continued to work during the removal.
SIC reported it asTelegram Disappeared From the App Store. Apple Explains Why (opens SIC in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed SIC. We asked on 8 September 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for SIC.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Portugal
- Official site
- sic.pt
- Seen publishing on
- sic.pt
- 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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
10 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. SIC has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of SIC: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Think this page is wrong?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where SIC publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
Report something wrong on this page
Anything we correct is written up in the public corrections log. We do not publish reader votes as a rating, because an unattributed rating is the thing this site exists to argue against.
Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.