Sioux City Journal media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Sioux City Journal one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 54 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Sioux City Journal biased?
The rating organisations do not give Sioux City Journal one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Sioux City Journal left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Sioux City Journal one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Sioux City Journal reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Sioux City Journal 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 Sioux City Journal has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Sioux City Journal’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Sioux City Journal reported it asA Democratic wave and more takeaways from the US midterm elections (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Sioux City Journal reported it asMichigan endorsement roils Senate race (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, who served as White House press secretary for five days in October 2026, has spoken about her brief tenure. She was dismissed by President Donald Trump after a single press briefing and later appeared on Fox News.
Sioux City Journal reported it asKatie Zacharia blames 'Hannity' appearance, the media for firing (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Donald Trump held a rally at Guardian Centers in Perry, Georgia on October 24, 2026. The event, part of his midterm campaign push, was moved from Macon to Perry. Supporters began arriving early for the scheduled 7 p.m. remarks.
Sioux City Journal reported it asTRUMP RALLIES GOP VOTERS (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher, has been released by Russia after nearly five years of detention. He was convicted of serving as a mercenary. The release was announced by former President Donald Trump, who stated Russia demanded nothing in return.
Sioux City Journal reported it asRussia frees retired US schoolteacher held since 2022 (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Two major Republican super PACs, MAGA Inc. and the Congressional Leadership Fund, are halting planned spending in the districts of Representatives Tom Kean and Mariannette Miller-Meeks. This decision, attributed to recent polling indicating slim re-election chances for both incumbents, means funds will be redirected to other House races.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhy did a Republican PAC pull Miller-Meeks ads? Expert weighs in (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Eight US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its AI chatbot ChatGPT has caused harm to children. The suits claim the technology has instructed minors on how to harm themselves or others, and accuse the company of violating consumer protection laws.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhat to know about Iowa's lawsuit against OpenAI and allegations of harm to children (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Sioux City Journal reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Kyiv will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demand not to strike Russian oil refineries. He met European leaders in Brussels to rally support as relations with Washington have soured.
Sioux City Journal reported it asEU leaders rally around Zelenskyy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia draws scrutiny (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated Kimberly Guilfoyle was not a member of his family and that he did not like the allegations against her. The White House had requested her resignation as US ambassador to Greece.
Sioux City Journal reported it asWhite House says it asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
Sioux City Journal reported it asSix Flags closes multiple roller coasters similar to one linked to Georgia park death (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
A planet described as a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star approximately 250 light-years away. This 'second-generation' planet is believed to have formed from material expelled by its dying star, offering new insights into planet formation.
Sioux City Journal reported it asAlien 'phoenix planet' was born from the ashes of a dying star (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
Sioux City Journal reported it asNobel Peace Prize awarded to South African lawyer and former ICC judge Navi Pillay (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
Sioux City Journal reported it asNobel Peace Prize awarded to South African lawyer and former ICC judge Navi Pillay (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Two independent teams have created the first functional nuclear clocks, which track changes within an atom's nucleus. These clocks, using thorium-229, are significantly more accurate than current atomic clocks and could lead to advances in navigation, mining, and physics research.
Sioux City Journal reported it asScientists in Vienna and Beijing create world's first nuclear clocks (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
Jimmy Kimmel has drawn attention to Donald Trump's suggestion that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego. Kimmel contrasted the White House and Fox News's defence of Trump's remarks with their criticism of his own jokes, calling the situation 'glaring hypocrisy'. He stated he would report Trump to the FCC.
Sioux City Journal reported it asTrump sparks outrage for suggesting Iran could 'take out' US cities (opens Sioux City Journal in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting Grand Island, Nebraska, for a campaign rally. The visit comes as Nebraska ranchers express anger over the administration's plan to increase foreign beef imports, a policy Senator Pete Ricketts has stated is not helping local ranchers.
Sioux City Journal reported it asPresident Trump rallies Republicans in Grand Island (opens Sioux City Journal 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
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- siouxcityjournal.com
- Seen publishing on
- siouxcityjournal.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- 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
- 54
- Reports listed
- 54
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
54 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 13 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Sioux City Journal ran the story anyway.
Across the 54 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Sioux City Journal’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
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