The Morning Call media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Morning Call 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 29 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Morning Call biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Morning Call 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 Morning Call left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Morning Call 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 Left.
Is The Morning Call reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Morning Call 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 Morning Call has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Morning Call’s own report linked underneath.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has been discharged from hospital following a stroke. The 53-year-old Democrat will enter a rehabilitation facility and is expected to miss several weeks of Senate votes as he recovers.
The Morning Call reported it asConnecticut Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from the hospital after stroke (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
European stock markets saw significant gains following the US midterm elections, with banking and clean energy sectors leading the advance. The dollar weakened against major currencies as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress.
The Morning Call reported it asUS stocks rally toward their best day in 3 months, and the Dow soars more than 1,000 points (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
The Morning Call reported it asFloods swamp the arid Southwest, forcing evacuations and altering Election Day plans (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
The Morning Call reported it asEarly voting surges in Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
The Morning Call reported it asEarly voting surges in Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a bill to close a loophole in the Sunshine Act, a government transparency law. The law requires public bodies to publicize voting agendas 24 hours in advance, but a court ruling had expanded exceptions to this rule.
The Morning Call reported it asAfter Parkland lawsuit, Pa. tightens loophole that let school boards, local agencies vote on items without advance notice (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Russia has indicated readiness to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States after November 4. Presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov described the potential next round as exploratory, suggesting initial meetings might not yield significant outcomes.
The Morning Call reported it asRussia agrees to resume three-way talks on Ukraine war with Kyiv and Washington, Kremlin says (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Russia's position on an energy truce with Ukraine remains unchanged, with Moscow seeking lasting peace rather than a temporary ceasefire, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. His remarks precede a meeting between President Putin and US special representative Steve Witkoff.
The Morning Call reported it asRussia agrees to resume three-way talks on Ukraine war with Kyiv and Washington, Kremlin says (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Preparations have begun for a trilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and US President Donald Trump. The meeting is planned for the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, in November. Putin's attendance at a December G20 summit in Miami is contingent on APEC outcomes.
The Morning Call reported it asRussia agrees to resume three-way talks on Ukraine war with Kyiv and Washington, Kremlin says (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
The Saudi-led coalition asked civilians to evacuate the area around the Yemen Petroleum Company in Sanaa ahead of planned operations. Houthi rebels stated a harsh response would follow.
The Morning Call reported it asSaudis tell residents around Yemeni oil facility to evacuate, and other Middle East developments (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have warned civilians and employees to evacuate Saudi Aramco oil facilities, declaring them legitimate targets. This follows an evacuation warning issued by the Saudi-led coalition for a facility in Sanaa.
The Morning Call reported it asSaudis tell residents around Yemeni oil facility to evacuate, and other Middle East developments (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported that Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport. This comes amid escalating clashes, with the Saudi-led coalition previously accusing Houthis of an attack on Riyadh's airport that caused civilian casualties.
The Morning Call reported it asSaudis tell residents around Yemeni oil facility to evacuate, and other Middle East developments (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
The Saudi-led coalition conducted airstrikes on oil facilities west of Sanaa, Yemen. This action follows a coalition warning for residents to evacuate the area and Houthi threats of a severe response.
The Morning Call reported it asSaudis tell residents around Yemeni oil facility to evacuate, and other Middle East developments (opens The Morning Call 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 Morning Call reported it asAgents search Rep. Omar’s Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won’t ‘be silenced’ (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
The United Kingdom has introduced 38 new sanctions against Russia, targeting key sectors including oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, cryptocurrency exchanges, and suppliers of military equipment. The measures aim to restrict Russia's revenue and disrupt its ability to fund and equip its war in Ukraine.
The Morning Call reported it asUS hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court. The European Commission stated it will work with the ICC to ensure its effectiveness, while the UN and several allied nations have condemned the US decision.
The Morning Call reported it asUS hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Students and alumni of Lincoln University have filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, seeking $549 million in damages. They allege decades of systematic underfunding of the historically Black land-grant university, which they claim has harmed its academic programs and facilities.
The Morning Call reported it asHBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
The California Supreme Court has ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return approximately 650,000 ballots seized from a November 2025 special election. The court ruled Bianco's seizure was unlawful, siding with the state's Attorney General Rob Bonta.
The Morning Call reported it asCalifornia Supreme Court rules against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in ballot seizure fight (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump behaved like a 'caged lion' and was eager to return to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner ballroom after shots were fired. The incident occurred in April at the Washington Hilton.
The Morning Call reported it asTrump hails deep friendship with Xi as China’s leader urges ‘healthy’ competition between 2 powers (opens The Morning Call in a new tab)
Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing the encounter as 'very productive' and predicting that 'great things will happen'. The discussions reportedly touched on artificial intelligence, though specific outcomes were not detailed.
The Morning Call reported it asTrump hails deep friendship with Xi as China’s leader urges ‘healthy’ competition between 2 powers (opens The Morning Call 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Tribune Publishingunknowndirect owner
- Alden Global CapitalPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
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
- 29
- Reports listed
- 29
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
29 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 11 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Morning Call ran the story anyway.
Across the 29 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Morning Call: its report arrived a median of 24 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
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