The Daily News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places The Daily News in the centre. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Daily News biased?
Ad Fontes Media places The Daily News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Daily News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places The Daily News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Daily News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Daily News are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Daily News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Daily News’s own report linked underneath.
A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found that nearly 80 immigrant detainees at the 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility were held in small metal enclosures for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours. The report described the enclosures as 'highly unconventional' and a risk to detainee health and safety.
The Daily News reported it asDetainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report finds (opens The Daily News 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.
The Daily News reported it asFormer House members reflect on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
The Daily News reported it asWork on Trump’s memorial arch to start over next 2 weeks (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
A U.S.-backed company, North American Blue Energy Partners, is set to take over oilfields in Venezuela previously operated by Chinese and Russian firms. The deal grants the U.S. government a significant stake and preferential access to production.
The Daily News reported it asUnited States Government and North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Reach Historic Deal to Develop Venezuela's Oil Sector (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the United States Space Academy. He also presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II astronauts during a visit to NASA's Mission Control in Houston.
The Daily News reported it asTrump announces U.S. Space Academy during Houston visit (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump stated the United States does not need Canada, while simultaneously imposing a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum. Reports highlight the significant economic interdependence between the two nations, with Canada being the US's second-largest trading partner.
The Daily News reported it asTrump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America, fans Canada spat (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
The Daily News reported it asAG James vows to fight Trump’s plan to restrict mail-in voting (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Canada and the U.S. delayed new tariffs by three days as negotiations continue. Provinces agreed to return U.S. alcohol to shelves, except Manitoba, where Premier Wab Kinew urged Canadians to boycott it. Alberta and Saskatchewan already restocked.
The Daily News reported it asU.S. tariffs on Canada go into effect, prompting retaliation (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced new economic measures against Iran, warning any country providing financial or logistical support would face 'tremendous economic consequences'. The move follows stalled negotiations between Washington and Tehran, with Trump claiming Iran had rejected a deal.
The Daily News reported it asTrump says US is waging economic warfare against Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Trump announces potential new Iran sanctions and declares Strait of Hormuz blockade effective
Trust 42Donald Trump said the US could impose further sanctions on Iran, described a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as '100% successful', and argued that increased US oil production had reduced global reliance on the waterway. Oil prices, he said, had not spiked as feared and remained around $84 to $85 per barrel.
The Daily News reported it asTrump says US is waging economic warfare against Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Iran’s chief negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US lifts its naval blockade, releases frozen assets and ends oil sanctions. A vessel was struck in the strait, injuring at least one crew member, as tensions escalate over a June memorandum of understanding.
The Daily News reported it asTrump says US is waging economic warfare against Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose 'unprecedented economic warfare and isolation' on Iran, warning that any country enabling financial or governmental aid to Tehran would face 'tremendous economic consequences'. Reports vary on whether specific measures or targets were named, with China identified as Iran’s largest oil buyer.
The Daily News reported it asTrump says US is waging economic warfare against Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Oil prices declined as investors anticipated the announcement of new US sanctions against Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to reveal the measures, which Iran has dismissed. Asian stock markets remained flat.
The Daily News reported it asTrump says US is waging economic warfare against Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
The US will impose economic sanctions on Iran described as 'unprecedented' and maintain a naval blockade indefinitely, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced. The measures follow attacks on UAE ships and failed ceasefire talks, with the Trump administration framing them as a dual strategy to force Tehran’s capitulation.
The Daily News reported it asUS readies unprecedented ‘economic isolation’ plan for Iran (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
The Daily News reported it asResolution holding Anthony Fauci in contempt passes Senate committee (opens The Daily News in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Daily News.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- thedailynewsonline.com
- Seen publishing on
- thedailynewsonline.com, galvnews.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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
14 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Daily News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Daily News: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Daily News, 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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