SooLeader.com media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places SooLeader.com as leaning left. We have seen it on 239 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is SooLeader.com biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places SooLeader.com as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is SooLeader.com left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places SooLeader.com as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is SooLeader.com reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for SooLeader.com are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What SooLeader.com has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with SooLeader.com’s own report linked underneath.
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
SooLeader.com reported it asTrump administration's social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
SooLeader.com reported it asTrump administration's social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
A fire damaged the Senatobia Police Department building on Saturday morning. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the incident. The department has been at the centre of controversy following an officer-involved shooting in June.
SooLeader.com reported it asFederal officials investigate arson at beleaguered police department in Mississippi (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
An analysis of a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters in California found that 42% of the names could not be found on the state's voter rolls. The study, conducted by UCLA data analysts, also indicated that thousands of U.S. citizens may have been incorrectly flagged.
SooLeader.com reported it asOver 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens are not on Calif. voter rolls, analysis finds (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
A 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana was shot and killed in the Bronx. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the victim's mother.
SooLeader.com reported it asMamdani says Trump agrees to grant visa to mother of Ghanian teen killed in Bronx shooting (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied facilitating Flávio Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil to the United States. While Rubio stated President Trump authorized Bolsonaro's entry, he asserted the US government was not involved in arranging the travel itself.
SooLeader.com reported it asRubio says the US government did not facilitate Bolsonaro’s flight to the US (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse histories and cultures of hundreds of tribal communities across the U.S. Reports highlight artists, families returning to subsistence gathering, and early childhood programs.
SooLeader.com reported it asFrom salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November (opens SooLeader.com 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.
SooLeader.com reported it asEl-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Democrats seek unity in Michigan Senate race (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
SooLeader.com reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
A woman was shot outside the Republican Party of Virginia's headquarters in Richmond on Thursday. Officials from the party and the police department have indicated the shooting is not related to their operations or the upcoming midterm elections.
SooLeader.com reported it asPolice chief says shooting outside Virginia GOP offices has nothing to do with election (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Brazil's Liberal Party, the political group for which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ran, has officially recognized the results of the presidential election. The party's president signed a statement acknowledging the outcome proclaimed by the Superior Electoral Tribunal, while also calling for clarification on issues raised by Bolsonaro.
SooLeader.com reported it asThe Latest: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins reelection over Flávio Bolsonaro (opens SooLeader.com 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.
SooLeader.com reported it asLula’s win in Brazil bucks a regional shift to the right and denies Trump a powerful ally (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Chris Brown is scheduled for sentencing on Monday at London's Southwark Crown Court for a bottle attack at a nightclub. He pleaded guilty to affray, but reports differ on when the incident occurred.
SooLeader.com reported it asSinger Chris Brown to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
China's Communist Party began its Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing on October 26. President Xi Jinping opened the meeting, which is scheduled to last four days and focuses on enhancing party discipline and self-governance.
SooLeader.com reported it asWhat to know about China’s plenum as Xi seeks stronger Communist Party discipline (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that a potential resumption of war with the US and Israel would not alter Iran's policies. He also indicated that the management of the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its pre-war status.
SooLeader.com reported it asIran says messages are still being passed to the US amid war concerns, and other Mideast news (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit Party is projected to win seven to ten seats in Israel's upcoming election. This could make his party a key coalition partner for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, giving Ben-Gvir significant leverage.
SooLeader.com reported it asIsrael presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Former US President Barack Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates in Ohio, delivering a sharp critique of the Trump administration. He blamed the administration for rising living costs and called the war in Iran 'unnecessary.' The event focused on the upcoming US midterm elections.
SooLeader.com reported it asTrump's midterm swing brings him to Michigan as Republicans aim to undermine El-Sayed in Senate race (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
President Donald Trump labelled Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist" and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Trump also questioned El-Sayed's loyalty to the US and his qualifications as a doctor.
SooLeader.com reported it asTrump's midterm swing brings him to Michigan as Republicans aim to undermine El-Sayed in Senate race (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Bulgaria's presidential election has concluded without a clear winner, necessitating a runoff. Voter turnout was significantly lower than in the previous election, with official figures showing 16.04% by 4 p.m. Candidates Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev are leading.
SooLeader.com reported it asPresidential race in Bulgaria heads to runoff due to record low turnout (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
SooLeader.com reported it asBlanche says Trump isn't trying to meddle with Alaska election results by suing over Senate race (opens SooLeader.com in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
- Village MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
- Official site
- sooleader.com
- Seen publishing on
- sooleader.com
- 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
- 239
- Reports listed
- 245
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
245 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 70 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and SooLeader.com ran the story anyway.
Across the 239 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than SooLeader.com’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 28 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 October 2026.
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