Spiked media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Spiked one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Spiked biased?
The rating organisations do not give Spiked one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Spiked left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Spiked one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Spiked reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Spiked are Ad Fontes Media: Low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Spiked has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Spiked’s own report linked underneath.
King Charles III participated in a Junkanoo festival parade in Nassau, Bahamas, while protesters called for reparations for the slave trade. He acknowledged the "great suffering of the past" and stated that Commonwealth leaders would discuss slavery's legacy.
Spiked reported it asKing Charles shouldn’t apologise for Britain’s role in the slave trade (opens Spiked in a new tab)
A BBC article exploring the bare nails trend, suggesting it could be linked to classism and white supremacist beauty standards, has drawn significant criticism. Critics have labelled the report 'divisive tosh' and accused the BBC of promoting a 'woke agenda'.
Spiked reported it asNo, it’s not ‘racist’ to have bare fingernails (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Flydubai has suspended all flights to and from Israel for six days following an incident aboard flight FZ1073. An Omani co-pilot is suspected of attempting a terror attack, prompting emergency consultations among Israeli leadership. The airline is cooperating with authorities during the investigation.
Spiked reported it asThe lesson of Flydubai? Don’t mess with Zionists (opens Spiked in a new tab)
A former bodyguard for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was granted asylum and British citizenship in the UK before being arrested on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Europe. He is accused of organising plots targeting Israeli diplomats and Jewish communities.
Spiked reported it asThe Hamas terrorist granted British citizenship (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that record voter turnout in the recent parliamentary elections demonstrated public support for the authorities' agenda and the armed forces. The ruling United Russia party maintained its majority in the national parliament.
Spiked reported it asCan we learn anything from Russia’s Potemkin elections? (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Philadelphia teacher Hannah Gann admitted to lying about her racial and family background, claiming to be Black and Palestinian when she is white and Jewish. Her deception has caused anger and distrust among activist groups she worked with.
Spiked reported it asThe insane case of the blacked-up Palestine activist (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Hampshire police were present in Gosport as protesters gathered near Fort Blockhouse and Haslar Marina. Six demonstrators were arrested after becoming hostile towards officers. The Home Office had stated migrant arrivals were increasingly likely in the area.
Spiked reported it asThe Gosport protests have put Burnham on notice (opens Spiked in a new tab)
The Central Council of Jews has expressed concern over the anticipated election victory of the Left Party in Berlin. President Josef Schuster stated the party lacks credibility in fighting antisemitism and urged other parties not to form a government with them.
Spiked reported it asFriedrich Merz’s betrayals have finally caught up with him (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Labour MP Tahir Ali called for the UK to take military action against Israel and for Israel to disarm. He later issued an unreserved apology for his comments and received a formal warning from the Labour Party's chief whip.
Spiked reported it asWhy is a Labour MP calling for military action against Israel? (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Lambeth Palace has revoked an award given to Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi. The honour was for reconciliation and interfaith co-operation, but resurfaced comments from 2007 about Osama bin Laden led to its withdrawal.
Spiked reported it asWhy is the Church of England fawning over a hardline Muslim? (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Prominent Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have condemned streamer Hasan Piker for remarks described as antisemitic. The condemnations follow Piker's calls for violence against capitalists and his comments regarding Jewish support for Israel.
Spiked reported it asThe disgusting bigotry of blaming Israel for anti-Semitism (opens Spiked in a new tab)
The UK Home Office published new guidance for asylum seekers, allowing stays with friends or family and detailing UK laws on rape, sexual assault, and gender equality. The leaflets cover accommodation rules, financial support, and behavioural expectations, amid government efforts to reduce reliance on state housing.
Spiked reported it asThose illegal migrant ‘rape’ booklets shame the British state (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, died days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations. His death has reignited discussions about the underrepresentation of Black academics in UK higher education and the scrutiny they face, with outlets divided over whether racism or academic standards were the driving force.
Spiked reported it asThe sanctification of Jason Arday (opens Spiked in a new tab)
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week” that the first wave of progressive rhetoric, which she labelled “Woke 1”, was “crazy”. She made the remark while discussing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, who has faced criticism for past social media posts calling to abolish prisons and cancel Thanksgiving.
Spiked reported it asWe can’t let AOC wash her hands of woke so easily (opens Spiked in a new tab)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declined to endorse Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist running in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, instead advising voters to judge candidates on their present stances. Hong’s past comments on policing and Thanksgiving have drawn criticism, while right-rated outlets highlighted the lack of endorsements from Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders.
Spiked reported it asFrancesca Hong: the final boss of woke? (opens Spiked 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
- Brendan O'NeillBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- spiked-online.com
- Seen publishing on
- spiked-online.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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 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 1 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Spiked ran the story anyway.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Spiked: its report arrived a median of 29 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Spiked, also publishing from United Kingdom, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Spiked 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.
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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.