The News-Dispatch media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The News-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 19 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The News-Dispatch biased?
The rating organisations do not give The News-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The News-Dispatch left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The News-Dispatch one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The News-Dispatch reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The News-Dispatch 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 News-Dispatch has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The News-Dispatch’s own report linked underneath.
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
The News-Dispatch reported it asFederal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Scientists estimate Mercury's diameter may have shrunk by up to 14 miles (23 kilometers), a figure 30% greater than earlier projections. The planet's hot iron core cooling and contracting is believed to be the cause, tightening its surface.
The News-Dispatch reported it asLittle Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
A majority of US adults report low trust in federal government information on elections, foreign affairs, and the environment, according to a new AP-NORC/USA Facts poll. Trust in information about education has risen, while trust in election result certifications has declined.
The News-Dispatch reported it asMistrust of U.S. government information is rising across major issues, a new poll shows (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Kuwait's air defences intercepted missile and drone attacks overnight on 2-3 September 2026, with the Kuwaiti army attributing the strikes to Iranian aggression. Explosions heard were from interception operations, and authorities urged citizens to follow safety instructions. Outlets diverged on framing the incident, with right-rated reports emphasising Iranian responsibility.
The News-Dispatch reported it asIran targets Kuwait in retaliation for US bombardments, and other Mideast news (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
A Hong Kong court has rejected the appeals of Cardinal Joseph Zen and four others against their convictions for failing to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. The fund supported protesters arrested during 2019 demonstrations.
The News-Dispatch reported it asHong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it ordered the 173rd Airborne Brigade to stop specializing in drone warfare. The unit had been developing its own drones and practicing tactics pioneered by Ukraine.
The News-Dispatch reported it asLawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
The News-Dispatch reported it asPostal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
The US is intensifying efforts to isolate Iran's economy through sanctions, targeting countries that maintain financial ties. The strategy, dubbed 'Operation Economic Outcast,' follows the UAE's decision to suspend trade with Iran, impacting its access to global markets and payments.
The News-Dispatch reported it asIran scrambles to sustain trade as US threatens to sanction countries that refuse to break ties (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas for up to 200,000 foreigners seeking asylum in the US. The State Department expects to announce the action, which would be the largest mass visa revocation in US history, in the coming weeks.
The News-Dispatch reported it asUS set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
A report from the House Judiciary Committee states that President Donald Trump's pardons have cost crime victims $1.7 billion in compensation. The report examines the sale of access to the pardon power through intermediaries.
The News-Dispatch reported it asTens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
The United Arab Emirates announced a full suspension of trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on 18 August 2026, citing regional escalation after Iranian ballistic missiles were detected targeting maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not claimed responsibility for the attacks on UAE state-owned ADNOC vessels.
The News-Dispatch reported it asUnited Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran after coming under renewed missile fire (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Astronomers have identified a star, S301, orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole at 25,000 kilometres per second, the fastest known in the galaxy. Its tight orbit may enable scientists to measure the black hole’s spin, testing Einstein’s general relativity.
The News-Dispatch reported it asTelescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on 19 August 2026 for a two-day visit, meeting President Lee Jae Myung and senior officials. The trip follows US President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, prompting regional reactions.
The News-Dispatch reported it asDrills cut by Trump are central to the US-South Korea alliance (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
The UAE accused Iran of attacking two ADNOC vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on 13 August 2026, marking the second such incident in a week. No injuries were reported, and the UAE condemned the attack as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Iran has not commented.
The News-Dispatch reported it as2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz, and other news from the Middle East (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Polish authorities arrested a Russian citizen on 7 August 2026, accusing him of plotting to kill a Ukrainian-American dual citizen in Warsaw. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the operation, carried out with US intelligence, was unprecedented as the first alleged Russian attempt to attack an American in a NATO state.
The News-Dispatch reported it asPoland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Marco Rubio appeared on the Katie Miller podcast in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, where he praised Pop-Tarts as a major American invention and joked about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diet. His wife, Jeanette, interrupted to highlight Rubio’s own preference for sugary and fast food. Outlets diverged on whether the remarks were lighthearted or politically pointed.
The News-Dispatch reported it asTrump claims Hormuz control as US, Iran harden their stances (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Scientists used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two dogs whose saliva and hair no longer contain the main allergy-causing protein. The beagles were born in September 2024 and tested on a researcher with dog allergies, who showed no reaction to their samples.
The News-Dispatch reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
Researchers used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two puppies without the main allergy-causing protein. The study, published in the CRISPR Journal, found the dogs' saliva and fur lacked the protein, and a scientist with severe allergies showed no reaction. Ethical concerns about shelter adoptions were raised.
The News-Dispatch reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens The News-Dispatch in a new tab)
The Trump administration has ordered construction crews to stop drilling wells for the border wall in New Mexico after ranchers warned that groundwater extraction threatened their livestock. Eight wells were drilled without state permits, and federal agencies will now collaborate on a groundwater strategy.
The News-Dispatch reported it asContractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico (opens The News-Dispatch 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The News-Dispatch.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
- Official site
- lpheralddispatch.com
- Seen publishing on
- lpheralddispatch.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
- 19
- Reports listed
- 19
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
19 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 News-Dispatch is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 19 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The News-Dispatch: its report arrived a median of 19 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 17 September 2026. Ratings pulled 7 September 2026.
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