The Free Press media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 64 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Free Press biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Free Press left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Free Press reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Free Press 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 Free Press has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Free Press’s own report linked underneath.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
The Free Press reported it asWhen ‘Country over Party’ Goes Only One Way (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
The Free Press reported it as$5.9B B.C. container port expansion of 'national interest': Canadian government (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
OpenAI is challenging a British Columbia privacy commissioner's order to release documents concerning the 2026 Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The AI company, based in California, is contesting the demand for these records.
The Free Press reported it asOpenAI suing to stop B.C. privacy commissioner's Tumbler Ridge investigation (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservative Party has won a majority government, leading to the resignation of BC NDP leader David Eby. Eby was re-elected in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding.
The Free Press reported it asDavid Eby steps down as B.C. NDP leader after party loses election (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Premier Danielle Smith has told members of her United Conservative Party who support separatism that they must either embrace a pro-Canada position or leave the party. The statement follows a referendum where Albertans voted against separatism.
The Free Press reported it asThe Albertan separatism movement has no clear end goal argues political commentator at VIU (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Relations between the United States and Ukraine are strained, with reports of disagreements between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The exact nature of these tensions remains unclear across the coverage.
The Free Press reported it asTrump’s Turn Toward Moscow. Plus. . . (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Conservative candidate Mike Hicks said First Nations 'have to be conquered' at a debate. He later stated the comment was taken out of context and he was advocating for treaty negotiations. Indigenous leaders and political rivals condemned his remarks.
The Free Press reported it asB.C. Conservative candidate says First Nations 'conquered' comment taken out of context (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservatives have dropped candidate Jordan McIntosh after accusations of offensive social media posts that allegedly minimized aspects of the Holocaust. This marks the second time the party has removed a candidate over online remarks.
The Free Press reported it asB.C. Conservatives remove Vancouver candidate after alleged Hitler posts (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Novelist Sally Rooney's books will no longer be supplied in the UK by her publisher, Faber. Rooney stated that fulfilling publishing contracts in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence due to her support for Palestine Action, a group banned in the UK.
The Free Press reported it asSally Rooney Is No Free Speech Hero (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Kalshi, a prediction market, has launched an investigation into trades made on its platform that appeared to anticipate the selection of Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary. The trades, some of which were for small amounts, could have yielded significant profits.
The Free Press reported it asHow Long Will Katie Zacharia Last as Press Secretary? We Asked Anthony Scaramucci. (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
A U.S. banking regulator found that nine of the nation's largest banks denied services to customers based on political, religious, or social views. The report, spanning 2020 to September 2025, was based on 100,000 complaints and hundreds of individual bank decisions.
The Free Press reported it asHow Debanking Took Hold Inside the Biggest Banks (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
A Washington state resident, Melody Bryant, has been denied bail after being charged with conspiracy to murder in connection with the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. Bryant allegedly assisted the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people before dying by apparent suicide.
The Free Press reported it asTumbler Ridge shooting accused co-conspirator denied bail: U.S. judge (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
A woman was found dead at a Central Saanich waste disposal facility on October 13, 2026. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation and is seeking public help to identify her.
The Free Press reported it asWoman found dead at Vancouver Island landfill (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
The Free Press reported it asAnd the Nobel Prize for Antisemitism Goes to. . . (opens The Free Press 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 Free Press reported it asAnd the Nobel Prize for Antisemitism Goes to. . . (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservatives have dropped candidate Joachim Agou for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding due to social media posts. The posts included derogatory comments about Pakistan and a driver who struck pro-Palestinian protesters. The party leader stated there is no excuse for the remarks.
The Free Press reported it asVictoria candidate kicked from BC Conservatives after resurfaced social media posts (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump stated that strategic bomber warplanes were withdrawn from RAF Fairford due to unspecified threats. The Pentagon confirmed the redeployment of all US bombers from the base to their home stations in the United States.
The Free Press reported it asDouglas Murray: What Will Happen to Europe If America Leaves? (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
BC NDP leader David Eby announced that small businesses impacted by US tariffs would be eligible for interest-free loans. He also revealed plans for a new tax credit aimed at businesses hiring young people for their first job. The announcement was made in Surrey, British Columbia.
The Free Press reported it asBC NDP promises new support for small businesses hit by U.S. trade war (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
Israel's National Security Council has issued a warning to its citizens and Jews abroad about increased terror threats ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks. The council advised specific precautions and highlighted certain countries as high-risk destinations.
The Free Press reported it asThe World October 7 Made. Plus. . . (opens The Free Press in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks with a statement that acknowledged the Hamas massacre while also criticizing Israel's subsequent actions in Gaza. He stated that suffering continued through Israel's actions, which he described as genocide.
The Free Press reported it asThe Most Disastrous Day in Palestinian History (opens The Free Press 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 Free Press.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- thefreepress.ca
- Seen publishing on
- thefp.com, thefreepress.ca, kinston.com
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
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
- 64
- Reports listed
- 65
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
65 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 41 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Free Press ran the story anyway.
Across the 64 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Free Press’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 23 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Free Press, also publishing from United States, 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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