The NEN media bias and reliability
The NEN is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 3 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The NEN biased?
The NEN 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 NEN left or right?
The NEN is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is The NEN reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for The NEN. 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 NEN has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The NEN’s own report linked underneath.
Barack Obama accepted an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, later addressing crowds on the importance of peace and democracy. He spoke about the Good Friday Agreement and the current situation in Gaza and Israel.
The NEN reported it asFormer US President Barack Obama receives Honorary Degree from Queen’s University Belfast (opens The NEN in a new tab)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London. The UK will accelerate the supply of surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine and is preparing new sanctions against the Russian Federation. The meeting follows criticism of Zelensky by Donald Trump.
The NEN reported it asPresident Zelenskyy to visit Downing Street today as UK ‘doubles down’ on support for Ukraine (opens The NEN in a new tab)
Edinburgh Airport will receive £500 million in investment over the next five years to expand terminals, facilities, and infrastructure. First Minister John Swinney called the funding a 'massive boost' to Scotland's economy, while airport chief executive Gordon Dewar highlighted expected improvements to customer experience.
The NEN reported it asEdinburgh Airport announces £500million investment plan (opens The NEN in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed The NEN. We asked on 23 September 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 NEN.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- nen.press
- Seen publishing on
- nen.press
- 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
- 3
- Reports listed
- 3
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 23 September 2026
3 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 NEN has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 3 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The NEN: its report arrived a median of 13 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 14 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 14 October 2026. Ratings pulled 23 September 2026.
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