Taipei Times media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Taipei Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 76 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Taipei Times biased?
The rating organisations do not give Taipei Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Taipei Times left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Taipei Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Taipei Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Taipei Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Taipei Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Taipei Times’s own report linked underneath.
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Taipei Times reported it asScientists discover a new wild cat in more than century (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Taipei Times reported it asTrump derides EU’s Canada pitch, eyes more tariffs on bloc (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
An Argentine judge has ordered companies to cease oilfield development near the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-standing sovereignty dispute with the UK. The ruling mandates a halt to drilling pending an environmental review, while Argentina also prepares new legal complaints and tougher sanctions.
Taipei Times reported it asArgentine judge orders Falklands oil project to halt (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas announced that an explosive device was found on a drone shot down over Lithuania and has been neutralized. The drone had entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and was downed by Italian fighter jets.
Taipei Times reported it asNATO downs drone over Lithuania (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Taipei Times reported it asOne dead as ship stricken near Java (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that events in Europe, including the AfD's success in a German state election, stem from "system errors" by Western globalists. He also reiterated his view that the West's actions caused the conflict in Ukraine.
Taipei Times reported it asAfD victory in Germany is great news for Putin (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Taipei Times reported it asUS marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Leaders of the BRICS nations have issued a joint declaration expressing deep concern over escalating Middle East tensions. They called for maximum restraint and condemned unilateral sanctions not authorized by the UN, stating they violate international law.
Taipei Times reported it asBRICS nations call for ‘maximum restraint’ (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Taipei Times reported it asTrump visits Ireland to see Irish Open (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Calls for action against smart glasses are growing in Europe due to privacy concerns over covert recording. Norway is considering a ban or stricter regulations, while Oslo has already banned the devices in schools.
Taipei Times reported it asEuropean Union eyes battle over ‘pervert’ AI glasses (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in New Delhi, discussing ways to boost bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030. They reviewed progress in defence, energy, and space, and Modi gifted Putin a Russian translation of the Thirukkural.
Taipei Times reported it asRussia’s Vladimir Putin arrives in India for summit (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a car ride in Delhi on Friday. This was their fourth joint car journey, following previous instances in Bishkek and Tianjin. The leaders met at Bharat Mandapam before the BRICS summit.
Taipei Times reported it asRussia’s Vladimir Putin arrives in India for summit (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday. They face up to 10 years in prison for inciting subversion under the national security law, a case seen as a measure of freedoms in the city.
Taipei Times reported it asHK court sentences trio over Tiananmen vigils (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
August 2026 was the hottest month on record globally, tying with July 2023, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The record heat was attributed to human-caused climate change and a strong El Niño event, with sea surface temperatures also reaching new highs.
Taipei Times reported it asAugust hottest month ever recorded (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Several merchant vessels were targeted by gunfire in the northern Gulf and Gulf of Oman during military activity. The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported the incidents but could not confirm casualties or environmental damage. Iran has claimed responsibility for attacking some vessels.
Taipei Times reported it asIran, US hit tankers in new wave of attacks (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter-long embroidery from the 11th century, has arrived in London for an exhibition at the British Museum. Tickets have sold out for months, with the museum anticipating one million visitors before the exhibition closes in July 2027. The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Taipei Times reported it asDecoding Bayeux Tapestry diplomacy between UK and France (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has threatened to halt trade with countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. if the Federal Reserve does not lower interest rates. The ultimatum was issued in a Truth Social post on Friday.
Taipei Times reported it asEDITORIAL: Trump keeps pressure on Fed (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
Eight Indonesian airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma, were closed on 7 September due to ash from the Mount Anak Krakatau eruption. The transport ministry reported 170,000 people were affected by flight cancellations.
Taipei Times reported it asTaiwan airlines halt Jakarta flights as volcanic ash disrupts air travel (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
The Anak Krakatau volcano erupted on September 4-5, 2026, with an ash column observed by satellite. Loud booms were heard up to 150km away, and Indonesian authorities placed the volcano under Alert Level III, prohibiting access within a 3km radius.
Taipei Times reported it asTaiwan airlines halt Jakarta flights as volcanic ash disrupts air travel (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to use maps that more accurately represent the true relative sizes of countries and continents. The move, driven by African nations, seeks to correct distortions caused by the centuries-old Mercator projection.
Taipei Times reported it asUN endorses using ‘Equal Earth’ map over Mercator (opens Taipei Times 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.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- The Liberty Times GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Official site
- taipeitimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- taipeitimes.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
- 76
- Reports listed
- 76
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
75 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 28 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Taipei Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 76 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Taipei Times’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 32 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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