The Dispatch media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Dispatch 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 31 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Dispatch biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Dispatch 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 Dispatch left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Dispatch 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 Dispatch reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Dispatch 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 The Dispatch has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Dispatch’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
The Dispatch reported it asHow Tariffs Became the Millstone That Sank the GOP (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Michigan Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, citing clashes with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over anti-Semitic ads. The move drew sharp criticism and vulgar remarks from political strategist James Carville.
The Dispatch reported it asDid Haley Stevens Put Country Over Party? (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
The Dispatch reported it asWhat’s Left of MAGA (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
The Dispatch reported it asWhat’s Left of MAGA (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
The Dispatch reported it asLula Narrowly Wins Brazil’s Election (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff damaged a World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower while moving it to his Pentagon office. The artifact suffered a gash and its spherical portion detached from its mounting.
The Dispatch reported it asThey Wrecked Eisenhower’s World (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it produced an ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad includes criticism of Acton and insinuations about her mental health. The campaign plans a significant advertising spend around the video, which has drawn criticism.
The Dispatch reported it asVivek Ramaswamy Makes a Vicious Bid to Belong (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir's party is seeing a surge in support among younger and first-time voters in Israel, according to recent polls. Ben-Gvir, known for his hardline stances, is appealing to a demographic that previously considered him too extreme.
The Dispatch reported it asThe Election Israel Has Waited Three Years For (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Israel's election results show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc leading as vote counting continues. With 77.7% voter turnout, the highest since 1999, neither bloc has yet reached the 61 seats required for a majority.
The Dispatch reported it asThe Election Israel Has Waited Three Years For (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that social media has become less hostile and experienced fewer bots following Ukrainian attacks on Yandex data centers. Cloudflare data shows a significant drop in YandexBot traffic after drone strikes on Yandex data centers.
The Dispatch reported it asDid Ukrainian Drones Wipe Out Russia’s Bot Networks? (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
The Dispatch reported it asWhy Hamas Cheered Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Fox News Power Rankings suggest Democrats are positioned to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming midterms. Projections indicate a shift of at least 20 races towards Democrats, with one scenario showing them winning up to 237 seats.
The Dispatch reported it asWhat Midterm Polling May Be Getting Wrong (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Texas college campuses are addressing antisemitism ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Students are participating in educational programming focused on the history and rise of modern antisemitism, developed by the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
The Dispatch reported it asOctober 7 Revived Ancient Hatred, in the Middle East and on U.S. College Campuses (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Christa Pike, 50, remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital following a failed execution attempt. Her lawyer stated she has not regained consciousness and her prognosis is uncertain.
The Dispatch reported it asFallout From a Failed Execution (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
The US Navy has awarded RTX's Raytheon unit a contract worth up to $24.4 billion to speed up the production of Standard Missile-6 interceptors. The Pentagon stated the deal is intended to replenish missile stockpiles depleted by recent conflicts.
The Dispatch reported it asRTX's Raytheon awarded $24.4 billion multi-year contract for SM-6 interceptors (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are scheduled to campaign on Thursday in heavily Republican areas. Their appearances aim to energise the party base ahead of the midterm elections, with Trump visiting Texas and Oklahoma, and Vance campaigning in Florida.
The Dispatch reported it asRepublicans Backing Away From Trump As Midterms Draw Near (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a midterm rally in Durant, Oklahoma, on October 1 at the Choctaw Event Center. This marks his first official visit to the state in six years and will include an appearance with Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Mazzei.
The Dispatch reported it asRepublicans Backing Away From Trump As Midterms Draw Near (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
US television networks are resuming coverage of President Donald Trump's events following a federal judge's order to reinstate access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. The outlets had been blocked from the White House by the Trump administration.
The Dispatch reported it asIs Press Access a Constitutional Right? (opens The Dispatch in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance stated he would not disavow his friendship with Tucker Carlson, despite political disagreements. Vance made the remarks at a White House press conference, emphasizing that personal relationships should not be determined by political differences.
The Dispatch reported it asJ.D. Vance, Tucker Carlson, and the Price of Friendship (opens The Dispatch 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 Dispatch reported it asUnited States Government and North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Reach Historic Deal to Develop Venezuela's Oil Sector (opens The Dispatch 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
- Dispatch Media, Inc.Media Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Official site
- the-dispatch.com
- Seen publishing on
- thedispatch.com, the-dispatch.com, cdispatch.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
- 31
- Reports listed
- 31
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
31 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 12 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Dispatch ran the story anyway.
Across the 31 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Dispatch: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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