The Gilmer Mirror media bias and reliability
AllSides places The Gilmer Mirror in the centre. We have seen it on 23 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Gilmer Mirror biased?
AllSides places The Gilmer Mirror in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Gilmer Mirror left or right?
AllSides places The Gilmer Mirror in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Gilmer Mirror reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for The Gilmer Mirror. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What The Gilmer Mirror has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Gilmer Mirror’s own report linked underneath.
Ker’Sean Ramey is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on Wednesday for his role in a 2005 triple homicide. He was convicted of fatally shooting three people during an attempted robbery. His co-defendant, LeJames Norman, was executed on September 16.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asSecond man convicted of triple murder in rural Texas town set for execution Wednesday (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
The FBI sought to launch a pay-to-play investigation into interactions between Senator Susan Collins and a top donor, Martin Kao, but the probe reportedly ended after Donald Trump returned to office. Kao was indicted for illegal campaign contributions.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way (opens The Gilmer Mirror 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 Gilmer Mirror reported it asTexas and federal officials announce charges against 7 related to noncitizen voting (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo mocking South Asian students at a University of Texas football game. Republican leaders John Cornyn and Dustin Burrows condemned the post, and former adviser Karl Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asUT students attacked by Bo French call his comments “disgusting” and too familiar (opens The Gilmer Mirror 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 Gilmer Mirror reported it asOp-Ed: Trump Move to Strip EPA of Carbon-Limiting Authority Over Power Plants Will Impact Texas More Than Any Other State (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Landowners, ranchers, and business owners in Texas are suing the Trump administration to stop border wall construction in the Big Bend region. The lawsuit argues the government is misusing powers to waive environmental and other regulations in an area with low rates of illegal crossings.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asBig Bend Landowners Announce Major Legal Development in Fight Against Border Wall (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asTexas judge: Alaskan surrogate does not have custody over child she birthed in Dallas (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico has revised past statements regarding gender and transgender athletes. He now states he opposes transgender girls competing in sports if it compromises safety or fairness, a shift from his previous stances.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asIn reversal, James Talarico says he opposes trans athletes in girls’ sports “if it risks safety or fairness” (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Former Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ex‑director of law enforcement, David Maxwell, appears in a campaign ad endorsing Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Maxwell, who reported Paxton to the FBI and won a $6.6 million judgment, says Paxton ended his five‑decade career.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asKen Paxton whistleblower endorses James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asGOP to open first-ever midterm convention in Dallas as Texas’ U.S. Senate race hangs in the balance (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
A filing with the Federal Election Commission shows MAGA Inc. will spend at least $10 million to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate bid against Democrat James Talarico, with President Donald Trump saying he will fund Republicans he believes can win.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asMAGA Inc. cavalry arrives for Paxton in Texas Senate as Trump’s PAC places $10 million ad buy (opens The Gilmer Mirror 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 Gilmer Mirror reported it asFederal appeals court to consider Louisiana’s arguments for banning telehealth abortion (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Texas hospitals are set to lose an estimated $27 million per day in Medicaid funding as the new fiscal year begins. The shortfall is due to the Trump administration withholding approval for approximately $9.8 billion in federal funds across three programs, primarily affecting the Comprehensive Hospital Increase Reimbursement Program (CHIRP).
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asGov. Greg Abbott doubles down on rare public fight for Medicaid funding (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
A $1 fee added to Texas auto insurance policies in 2023, intended to combat catalytic converter theft, has funded the expansion of the Flock surveillance camera network. The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority has used at least $30 million of the collected fees for this purpose.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asLawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. That money paid for thousands of Flock cameras. (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged in a Minneapolis shooting has been released from a Texas jail. A judge refused to order his extradition to Minnesota, citing jurisdictional issues, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott awaits an internal state investigation.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asICE officer in Minnesota-Texas extradition fight is freed from jail (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
A federal judge has refused to order Texas to extradite ICE officer Christian Castro to Minnesota, where he faces assault and false reporting charges. Castro is accused of shooting a man in the leg through a home's front door.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asJudge rejects Minnesota request to keep ICE officer jailed in extradition fight with Texas (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the release of Daniel Tirado Pantoja, a witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent in Houston. Pantoja was one of three passengers in the vehicle and had been detained since the July 7 incident.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asJudge orders witness to Houston ICE shooting released from detention (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asTrump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acres (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
More than two dozen Texas families, represented by civil liberties groups, have petitioned the US Supreme Court to block a state law requiring public school classrooms to display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled the law does not violate the First Amendment.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asFamilies ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement for public schools (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott paused construction in Big Bend National Park on Monday after bipartisan criticism. The move follows concerns from Texas officials and local residents about environmental damage and the project's necessity.
The Gilmer Mirror reported it asSierra Club Demands Permanent Halt to Trump’s Big Bend Construction (opens The Gilmer Mirror in a new tab)
Who says so
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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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Gilmer Mirror.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- gilmermirror.com
- Seen publishing on
- gilmermirror.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
- 23
- Reports listed
- 23
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
21 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Gilmer Mirror is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 23 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Gilmer Mirror: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 23 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
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