The Intercept media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Intercept on the left. We have seen it on 13 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Intercept biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Intercept on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Intercept left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Intercept on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Intercept reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Intercept are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Intercept has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Intercept’s own report linked underneath.
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will cease financial aid to Israel by the end of the year. The decision has drawn criticism from Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan and revealed surprise among Israeli defense and finance officials.
The Intercept reported it asTrump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
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 Intercept reported it asRadical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
The Intercept reported it asKohen Wiley’s Family Say They Never Heard From Investigators Who Concluded Cops Did No Wrong (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
Federal agents have issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation into her family's immigration history. The probe follows a search of Omar's Washington, DC home.
The Intercept reported it asTrump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage? (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
An inspection report found the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's liner failed in at least 85 places. The damage is attributed to a rushed renovation to meet a July 4 anniversary deadline, with costs exceeding $17 million.
The Intercept reported it asReflecting on the Trump Era (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
The Intercept reported it asICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
A Republican super PAC, Defending Main Street, spent between $20,000 and $25,000 on ads intended for Maine. The ads were mistakenly aired in Portland, Oregon, and the ad buyer has admitted the error and is issuing a full refund.
The Intercept reported it asSusan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... Oregon (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
U.S. Border Patrol agents removed protesters and toppled a century-old cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, to make way for border wall construction. At least a dozen demonstrators were arrested during the operation.
The Intercept reported it asArmed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into left-wing groups in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. The probe, which included undercover surveillance and financial subpoenas, targeted unions and activist organisations but concluded without evidence of wrongdoing. Fifteen organisers were later indicted under a national security directive.
The Intercept reported it asSecret ICE Agent Tried to ‘Entice’ Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week” that the first wave of progressive rhetoric, which she labelled “Woke 1”, was “crazy”. She made the remark while discussing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, who has faced criticism for past social media posts calling to abolish prisons and cancel Thanksgiving.
The Intercept reported it asNo, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
The Pentagon has told US defence contractors to accelerate weapons production after the war with Iran depleted stockpiles, including 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired in the first month. Industry leaders must submit plans within 21 days. President Donald Trump denied any shortage, calling reports 'treasonous'.
The Intercept reported it asThe Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
Donald Trump warned Iran that the US would launch major strikes unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, while Axios reported an interim deal was near. Oil prices fell below $80 a barrel after US officials expressed hope for a resolution, though no centre-rated outlet covered the story.
The Intercept reported it asWhen a President Promises a Massacre (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed progress in negotiations with Iran and Oman to increase commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, though no final agreement has been reached. Qatar and Pakistan are mediating, with a Saudi source suggesting a deal could be announced within days.
The Intercept reported it asWhen a President Promises a Massacre (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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
- The Intercept Media, Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- theintercept.com
- Seen publishing on
- theintercept.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 13
- Reports listed
- 13
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
13 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 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Intercept ran the story anyway.
Across the 13 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Intercept: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Intercept, 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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