St Louis Post-Dispatch media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give St Louis Post-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 74 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is St Louis Post-Dispatch biased?
The rating organisations do not give St Louis Post-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is St Louis Post-Dispatch left or right?
The rating organisations do not give St Louis Post-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is St Louis Post-Dispatch reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for St Louis Post-Dispatch 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 St Louis Post-Dispatch has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with St Louis Post-Dispatch’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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asTrump's midterm rebuke casts a new political landscape (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asTrump's midterm rebuke casts a new political landscape (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asDemocrats surge toward control of Congress in setback for Trump (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asWhat early voting does and doesn’t tell us about the 2026 midterms (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asCampaign season of surprises peaks with Tuesday's midterms (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asCampaign season of surprises peaks with Tuesday's midterms (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
US manufacturing activity expanded for the tenth consecutive month in October, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI increasing to 55.5. While production and new orders saw growth, input prices remained elevated, indicating persistent inflationary pressures.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asManufacturing in US strengthens in October (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it as'Star Trek,' 'X-Men' star Patrick Stewart dies (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asCeasefire in Ukrainian front-line town holds (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asIllinois man charged with sending threatening letters to Congress members in Chicago (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asRussia targets Dems with misinformation (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Relations between the United States and Ukraine are strained, with reports of disagreements between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The exact nature of these tensions remains unclear across the coverage.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asSchmidt: Americans should feel shame as Trump turns his back on Kyiv (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Attorneys for Representative Ilhan Omar accused the Justice Department of violating court orders during a search of her Washington, D.C. home. They demanded the return of seized property and preservation of search recordings, calling the investigation politically motivated.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asDOJ broke legal norms in Omar home search (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asAlien 'phoenix planet' was born from the ashes of a dying star (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has established a committee of inquiry to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The committee, comprising three executive branch officials, will examine allegations that Cook made false statements related to mortgages. This action is part of Trump's ongoing efforts concerning Cook's position on the Fed's board.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asPresident renews effort to fire Cook (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch in a new tab)
Students and alumni of Lincoln University have filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, seeking $549 million in damages. They allege decades of systematic underfunding of the historically Black land-grant university, which they claim has harmed its academic programs and facilities.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asStudent lawsuit claims Missouri shorted Lincoln University hundreds of millions (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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.
St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it asTrump sparks outrage for suggesting Iran could 'take out' US cities (opens St Louis Post-Dispatch 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
- Lee EnterprisesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Official site
- stltoday.com
- Seen publishing on
- stltoday.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
- 74
- Reports listed
- 74
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
74 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 22 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and St Louis Post-Dispatch ran the story anyway.
Across the 74 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than St Louis Post-Dispatch’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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