The Derrick media bias and reliability
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place The Derrick in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Derrick biased?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place The Derrick in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Derrick left or right?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place The Derrick in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Derrick reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Derrick are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Derrick has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Derrick’s own report linked underneath.
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
The Derrick reported it asAlex Saab appears poised to plead guilty in Miami money-laundering case (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
The Derrick reported it asKentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to Senate, says he wants to get back to ‘business as usual’ (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
The Derrick reported it asMicrosoft sets its own AI guardrails amid rising industry concerns (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that Russian forces could occupy the entire Donbas region within months. Jared Kushner expressed doubt about Putin's claims, reminding him that similar statements were made a year prior. Both Kyiv and Moscow are reportedly frustrated with Witkoff.
The Derrick reported it asTrump claims Russia-Ukraine energy truce; Kyiv says not yet (opens The Derrick 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 Derrick reported it asMamdani, James file lawsuits to stop Trump rule targeting immigrants using public benefits (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
The 59th season of "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV on Sunday night. The broadcast did not directly address the behind-the-scenes turmoil and staff changes that have occurred in recent months.
The Derrick reported it asAfter a Bari Weiss makeover, “60 Minutes” makes its Sunday debut (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region following a Ukrainian drone attack. The fire was extinguished, and regional officials reported that 65 drones were shot down over the area.
The Derrick reported it asTrump demands Ukraine halt refinery strikes as diesel surges (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
A congressional ethics watchdog has cleared Representative Ilhan Omar of wrongdoing regarding her financial filings. The Office of Congressional Conduct voted to recommend the House Ethics Committee dismiss the allegation after an investigation into errors that overstated assets tied to her husband's businesses.
The Derrick reported it asCongressional watchdog clears Ilhan Omar over financial disclosure errors (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Climate change is becoming a less prominent issue for Democrats in election campaigns, with some researchers coining the term 'climate hushing'. This shift occurs even as scientists predict 2026 could be the hottest year on record.
The Derrick reported it asCOLUMN: Democratic climate silence hides the inflationary costs (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' by striking Russian economic targets and vowed retaliation. Ukraine has escalated drone strikes on infrastructure, including oil refineries and warehouses, while Russia has responded with strikes on Ukrainian economic targets like grain exports.
The Derrick reported it asPutin acknowledges economic impact from Ukraine’s refinery hits (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
The United States announced it would impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian products, effective early Saturday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated Canada declined to finalize a trade deal on previously agreed terms, leading to the tariffs.
The Derrick reported it asUS hits Canada with 50% tariffs as Carney vows to retaliate (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that Derek Chauvin was 'unjustly convicted of murder' and should be freed, aligning with Chauvin's third legal attempt to overturn his 2021 conviction. Chauvin's attorneys allege procedural errors, including Governor Tim Walz's transfer of prosecutorial oversight to state officials.
The Derrick reported it asDerek Chauvin asks courts to vacate George Floyd murder conviction, expunge records (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the United Kingdom after six years in the US, but will not resume their roles as working royals. Their children will attend British schools from September, and King Charles III was informed of the decision on 16 August 2026.
The Derrick reported it asGoodbye, Montecito. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly moving to UK (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Interim Sen. Darline Graham, appointed after her brother Lindsey Graham’s death, said during a debate that national security is ‘not my thing’. The comment came in response to a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, and has drawn criticism from her opponent’s supporters ahead of the 25 August runoff.
The Derrick reported it asLoud crowd, no answer on national security. Takeaways from South Carolina's GOP Senate debate (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
Minnesota's primary elections on 11 August 2026 produced four nominees for the U.S. House: Ilhan Omar (D, 5th District), John Nagel (R, 5th District), Tyler Bass (R, 3rd District) and Matt Little (DFL, 2nd District). No right-rated outlet carried the results.
The Derrick reported it asProgressive Matt Little wins Democratic primary to replace Rep. Angie Craig (opens The Derrick in a new tab)
A drone carrying approximately 800 grams of Semtex was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport on 5 August 2026. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the incident as a 'new threat scenario', while outlets diverged on attributing responsibility and the plane's cargo.
The Derrick reported it asExplosive drone at German airport marks new threat for Europe (opens The Derrick 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
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Very high factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Derrick.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Official site
- thederrick.com
- Seen publishing on
- thederrick.com
- Access
- Paywalled
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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 9 August 2026
16 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Derrick is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Derrick: its report arrived a median of 31 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
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