The Daily Courier media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Daily Courier one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 54 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Daily Courier biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Daily Courier one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Daily Courier left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Daily Courier one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Daily Courier reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Daily Courier are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Daily Courier has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Daily Courier’s own report linked underneath.
Minnesota continues to use a COVID-era waiver for SNAP applicants, permitting verbal signatures over the phone. The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended this waiver until June 30, 2028, but state and federal officials appear to differ on its application.
The Daily Courier reported it asMinnesota, USDA differ on scope of SNAP waiver as lawmaker raises fraud concerns (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
The Daily Courier reported it asWhy Mortgage Rates Shot Toward 7% Before the Fed Raised Rates (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
A major scientific report indicates Greenland and Antarctica have lost between 11.3 and 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979. This loss has contributed to a global sea level rise of approximately 3 to 3.14 centimeters, primarily driven by accelerated glacier flow into the ocean.
The Daily Courier reported it asGreenland and Antartica lost staggering amount of ice last 50 years (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie alleges Hegseth continued U.S. military operations in Iran without congressional approval and criticizes his actions in Venezuela and Yemen.
The Daily Courier reported it asLame duck senators, dead-end impeachment train target Hegseth (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
The Daily Courier reported it asFive indicted in Russian assassination scheme in New York (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The House Judiciary immigration subcommittee convened a hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions. Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock stated that lawmakers will have an opportunity to vote on his related bill before the end of the current session.
The Daily Courier reported it asGOP-led committee pushes sanctuary policy reform (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
A Pentagon inspector general's report has detailed the financial and material costs of the Iran war, estimating expenses at $33.4 billion as of June 29. The report also highlighted significant damage to U.S. bases and aircraft, alongside strategic inventory shortfalls for munitions.
The Daily Courier reported it asCongress never funded the Iran war. The Pentagon is paying anyway (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The Department of Justice announced charges against 16 individuals across seven states for election crimes, including noncitizens casting ballots. The indictments cover illegal voting, voter registration, fraud, and firearm offenses.
The Daily Courier reported it asMore noncitizens charged with illegally voting in Texas (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
The Daily Courier reported it asWhy the Supreme Court blocked Trump and the Postal Service from restricting mail-in voting for the midterms (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
The Daily Courier reported it asEPA repeals emission rule for coal, natural gas power plants (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
The Daily Courier reported it asNew York leads lawsuit against Trump’s ‘public charge’ immigration rule (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo of University of Texas students and described them as 'foreigners' displacing Americans. The post drew condemnation from prominent Texas Republicans, including U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who called it racist and intolerant.
The Daily Courier reported it asFifty days ahead of Election Day, Republicans pour money into Paxton campaign (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia has shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline following drone attacks launched from Iraq. The closure removes a key route for oil exports, potentially impacting four percent of global supply and driving up crude prices.
The Daily Courier reported it asIran backed Houthi attack on Saudi pipeline threatens global supply (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Gasoline prices in Michigan increased by 32 cents per gallon over the past week, marking the largest rise of any U.S. state during that period. This significant jump has been noted as one of the largest weekly increases in months.
The Daily Courier reported it asMinnesota gas prices surge nearly 30 cents in a week (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Gasoline and diesel prices are expected to increase significantly on Wednesday and Thursday, with analysts pointing to ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran as primary drivers. The U.S. average diesel price has reached $6.301 per gallon, and gasoline is at $4.355 per gallon.
The Daily Courier reported it asMinnesota gas prices surge nearly 30 cents in a week (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Documents obtained by multiple outlets reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its own design and workmanship flaws caused the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to blister and detach. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the damage resulted from a botched installation, and the government agreed to a $14.7 million repair payment.
The Daily Courier reported it asTrump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Analysis of prehistoric human remains from Indonesia has revealed evidence of habitual drug use dating back approximately 25,000 years. This predates agriculture and suggests humans may have been consuming psychoactive substances much earlier than previously understood.
The Daily Courier reported it asPeople got high on mind-bending drugs much earlier than initially believed (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has proposed giving $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House and Senate in the upcoming midterms. The plan is projected to cost $1.2 trillion and has raised concerns about inflation.
The Daily Courier reported it asDemocrats accuse Trump of 'bribing' Americans with $5k dividend (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
Scientists estimate Mercury's diameter may have shrunk by up to 14 miles (23 kilometers), a figure 30% greater than earlier projections. The planet's hot iron core cooling and contracting is believed to be the cause, tightening its surface.
The Daily Courier reported it asMercury shrinking more than scientists previously thought (opens The Daily Courier in a new tab)
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing on Wednesday in New Orleans on Louisiana’s lawsuit aiming to overturn the federal policy that allows abortion pills to be prescribed without an in‑person visit. Medication abortion now dominates abortions, and telehealth prescriptions keep rising.
The Daily Courier reported it asLouisiana presses abortion-pill challenge before Fifth Circuit (opens The Daily Courier 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
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Daily Courier.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
- Official site
- thedigitalcourier.com
- Seen publishing on
- thedigitalcourier.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
- 54
- Reports listed
- 54
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
54 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 11 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Daily Courier ran the story anyway.
Across the 54 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Daily Courier’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 20 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 22 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 7 September 2026.
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