The NOTL Local media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places The NOTL Local as leaning left. We have seen it on 269 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The NOTL Local biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The NOTL Local as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The NOTL Local left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The NOTL Local as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The NOTL Local reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The NOTL Local are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The NOTL Local has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The NOTL Local’s own report linked underneath.
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
The NOTL Local reported it asPolitical betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
The NOTL Local reported it asTrump signals he'll give closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool, a revamp plagued by problems (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
The NOTL Local reported it asJudge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses (opens The NOTL Local 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 NOTL Local reported it asDemocrat Haley Stevens endorses GOP's Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race 2 days before election (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
The NOTL Local reported it asTurmoil in Michigan's Senate race as Democrat Haley Stevens appears with Republican Mike Rogers (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
The NOTL Local reported it asTrump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
Canadian scientists are working to reintroduce the frosted elfin butterfly to Ontario, a species last spotted in 1988. The project involves importing butterflies from New York to breed and release them, aiming to restore habitat and support other endangered species.
The NOTL Local reported it asUniversity of Guelph scientist leads project to recover butterfly species in Ontario (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
An analysis of a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters in California found that 42% of the names could not be found on the state's voter rolls. The study, conducted by UCLA data analysts, also indicated that thousands of U.S. citizens may have been incorrectly flagged.
The NOTL Local reported it asMore than 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens not on California's voter rolls: analysis (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
The NOTL Local reported it asOttawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
OpenAI is challenging a British Columbia privacy commissioner's order to release documents concerning the 2026 Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The AI company, based in California, is contesting the demand for these records.
The NOTL Local reported it asOpenAI challenging B.C. privacy order for details of Tumbler Ridge shooting (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
The NOTL Local reported it asJustice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
The NOTL Local reported it asTop federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
The NOTL Local reported it asDeep rifts among G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, prompt US to ditch group photo plan (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
At Canada's first youth-led climate trial, Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky testified that children are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change. She cited immature thermoregulatory systems, higher relative air intake, and psychological harms like eco-anxiety.
The NOTL Local reported it asChildren especially vulnerable to climate change, expert witness says (opens The NOTL Local 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 NOTL Local reported it asEl-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Democrats seek unity in Michigan Senate race (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A woman was shot outside the Republican Party of Virginia's headquarters in Richmond on Thursday. Officials from the party and the police department have indicated the shooting is not related to their operations or the upcoming midterm elections.
The NOTL Local reported it asVirginia GOP says shooting outside its offices in Richmond appears unrelated to its operations (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
The NOTL Local reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
The Liberal government is set to release a new national security strategy. The plan will address safeguarding Canada's economy and handling traditional security threats like espionage.
The NOTL Local reported it asCarney government's national security strategy includes focus on safeguarding economy (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Thursday. Japan's Coast Guard suggested it could be a ballistic missile, a detail not widely reported.
The NOTL Local reported it asNorth Korea launches an unidentified projectile off its east coast, South Korea says (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments regarding the Justice Department's request to prevent California from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the citizenship of the voters can be confirmed. California officials argue this is impossible and could disenfranchise legitimate voters.
The NOTL Local reported it asJudge denies federal request to segregate California ballots, says it would 'wreak havoc' on voting (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanLeftCheck it
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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Village MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- notllocal.com
- Seen publishing on
- notllocal.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
- 269
- Reports listed
- 293
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
293 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 27 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The NOTL Local ran the story anyway.
Across the 269 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The NOTL Local’s on 8 of them. Overall it filed a median of 12 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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