Sudbury media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Sudbury 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 531 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Sudbury biased?
The rating organisations do not give Sudbury 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 Sudbury left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Sudbury 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 Sudbury reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Sudbury 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 Sudbury has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Sudbury’s own report linked underneath.
Maura Healey has won re-election as governor of Massachusetts, securing a second term. She defeated Republican challenger Michael Minogue. Healey previously served two terms as the state's attorney general.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Tina Kotek wins reelection for governor in Oregon (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Katie Hobbs has won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican Andy Biggs. Early returns showed Hobbs with a commanding lead, securing her second term in office.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Katie Hobbs wins reelection for governor in Arizona (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Republican Kurt Alme has won the U.S. Senate election in Montana, succeeding outgoing Senator Steve Daines. Alme secured 47.7% of the vote against his opponents, with the race being called early Wednesday morning.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Kurt Alme wins election to U.S. Senate from Montana (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Zach Dembo has won the election for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, defeating Republican Ralph Alvarado. The victory flips a seat that was previously held by a Republican representative.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Marcy Kaptur wins reelection to U.S. House in Ohio's 9th Congressional District (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
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.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrats take control of Congress as voters deliver verdict on Trump's tenure (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Israel's election commission has found no evidence of fraud affecting the integrity of the recent parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters had alleged irregularities, with his Likud party filing numerous complaints.
Sudbury reported it asIsrael's election commission says no fraud found in last week's vote (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Jocelyn Benson has won the Michigan gubernatorial race, defeating Republican John James. Her victory ensures the governor's office will remain under Democratic control, continuing a trend of Democratic wins in the state.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Jocelyn Benson wins election for governor in Michigan (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Republican Barry Moore has won the U.S. Senate election for Alabama, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Moore, a south Alabama congressman, secured the victory with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Thomas Tuberville wins election for governor in Alabama (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Senator Jim Risch has secured a fourth term representing Idaho in the U.S. Senate, defeating independent candidate Todd Achilles. Risch highlighted legislative achievements including stopping a wind energy project and securing a new veterans home.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Jim Risch wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Idaho (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Brian Poindexter has won the election for Ohio's 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Max Miller. Miller's campaign was overshadowed by domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Brian Poindexter wins election to U.S. House in Ohio's 7th Congressional District (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Josh Turek is projected to win the Iowa Senate race, defeating Republican Ashley Hinson. Turek, a former Paralympic gold medalist and state representative, will flip a seat previously held by Republicans, marking the first time a Democrat has won a Senate race in Iowa since 2008.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Rob Sand wins election to be Iowa’s next governor, flipping the seat (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Maura Healey has won re-election as governor of Massachusetts, securing a second term. She defeated Republican challenger Michael Minogue. Healey previously served two terms as the state's attorney general.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Kelly Ayotte wins reelection for governor in New Hampshire (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Bobby Pulido has won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 15th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz. Pulido, a Tejano music star and newcomer to politics, won in a district that had been redrawn by Texas Republicans.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Bobby Pulido wins election to U.S. House in Texas' 15th Congressional District (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
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.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrats flip the Senate as voters deliver verdict on Trump's tenure (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Republican Mike Rounds has won reelection to the U.S. Senate representing South Dakota. He defeated independent candidate Brian Bengs to secure his third Senate term. President Donald Trump had endorsed Rounds.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Mike Rounds wins reelection to U.S. Senate from South Dakota (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Gina Hinojosa elected Texas' first Latina governor, ousts Republican incumbent Greg Abbott (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat David Crowley has won the Wisconsin governor's race, defeating Republican Tom Tiffany. Crowley will be the first Black governor in the state's history. The election took place in a state described as a battleground.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Tom Tiffany concedes defeat in Wisconsin governor's race (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Kathy Castor has won reelection to Florida's 14th Congressional District, defeating Republican challenger Mike Beltran. The district had been redrawn to be more favorable to Republicans.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Pia Dandiya wins election to U.S. House in Florida's 22nd Congressional District (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Democrat Phil Weiser has won the Colorado governor's election, defeating Republican Victor Marx. The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed on Tuesday, November 3. Weiser, the current Colorado Attorney General, will succeed term-limited Governor Jared Polis.
Sudbury reported it asDemocrat Phil Weiser wins election for governor in Colorado (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Republican Eric Barlow has won the Wyoming gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner. Barlow, a state senator, will take office in January, succeeding Governor Mark Gordon who is leaving due to term limits.
Sudbury reported it asRepublican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Sudbury 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
- Village MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Official site
- sudbury.com
- Seen publishing on
- sudbury.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
- 531
- Reports listed
- 595
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
595 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 59 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Sudbury ran the story anyway.
Across the 531 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Sudbury’s on 21 of them. Overall it filed a median of 11 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Sudbury, also publishing from Canada, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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