The Loadstar media bias and reliability
The Loadstar is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Loadstar biased?
The Loadstar is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Loadstar left or right?
The Loadstar is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is The Loadstar reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for The Loadstar. 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 Loadstar has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Loadstar’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump blamed Democrats and voters for a significant stock market drop on Thursday, stating the market suffered one of its worst days in history due to election results. The Nasdaq fell more than 5 percent, with AI-related companies heavily impacted.
The Loadstar reported it asNasdaq plunges into correction territory (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
Mærsk has increased its full-year profit expectations for the third time in 2026, reporting over 20 billion Danish kroner in profit after tax for the third quarter. The company's updated forecasts align closely with analyst expectations.
The Loadstar reported it asOcean the star as Maersk reports Q3 bump in revenue, but drop in volume (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
Parts for the F-35 fighter jet, including cockpit canopy and weapons bay door components, were mistakenly routed through Hong Kong by UPS. The incident is under investigation by the Pentagon and State Department, and violates arms export regulations.
The Loadstar reported it asThe UPS F-35 saga: Beijing needs nothing 'exotic' to hurt America (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
Finland's Supervisory Authority LVV has ordered Google's subsidiary Tuike Finland to immediately suspend preparatory work on data centres in Muhos and Kajaani. The decision comes amid suspicions of illegal logging and significant environmental changes at the construction sites, pending environmental impact assessments.
The Loadstar reported it asBBC: Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of American coal annually in 2027 and 2028. The deal was announced following a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrangement was also made for preferential tariffs on $30 billion in goods.
The Loadstar reported it asChina-US trade truce too late to boost weakening transpac rates (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
China will reduce tariffs on a wide range of US agricultural products as part of a $60 billion reciprocal tariff reduction package. However, soybeans have been excluded from the list of reductions and will continue to face an additional 10% tariff.
The Loadstar reported it asChina-US trade truce too late to boost weakening transpac rates (opens The Loadstar 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 Loadstar reported it asBBC: Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia launches drone task force and maritime alliance as US CENTCOM chief meets Crown Prince
Trust 86Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met US Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah on 14 August 2026. The meeting coincided with the launch of a 13-nation maritime alliance and CENTCOM’s announcement of Task Force Falcon Strike, a multinational attack-drone task force.
The Loadstar reported it asMSC's new multimodal solution 'a significant step for Saudi logistics' (opens The Loadstar 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 Loadstar reported it asDrone carrying explosives found at Leipzig Airport (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
A cargo ship was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the British Maritime Safety Authority said. The attack, near Oman’s coast, follows previous incidents involving Tehran’s forces in the key oil and gas export route.
The Loadstar reported it asStatus of US-Iran talks uncertain as ship struck in Hormuz (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
President Trump called off a planned military escalation against Iran after warnings from military advisors about high casualties and low missile stocks. The US has evacuated bases in Iraq and relocated forces to Israel, while Iran denies negotiations and threatens retaliation against regional energy infrastructure.
The Loadstar reported it asAlleged links to Iran lead to liquidation for SeaLead Shipping (opens The Loadstar in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed The Loadstar. We asked on 9 October 2026.
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 Loadstar.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- theloadstar.com
- Seen publishing on
- theloadstar.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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
11 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 Loadstar has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Loadstar: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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