The Penn media bias and reliability
The bias data this site ingests places The Penn in the centre. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. We have seen it on 73 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Penn biased?
The bias data this site ingests places The Penn in the centre. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Penn left or right?
The bias data this site ingests places The Penn in the centre. It does not name the organisation that made that assessment, so we publish it as an unattributed rating and nothing more. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Penn reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes The Penn as very high factuality. It reaches us without a named assessor, so it is an unattributed rating rather than our verdict. It does not guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Penn has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Penn’s own report linked underneath.
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
The Penn reported it asThe latest updates from the 2026 election in Pennsylvania (opens The Penn 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 Penn reported it asPolls open across U.S. as voters to decide control of Congress (opens The Penn 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 Penn reported it asLawmakers send Shapiro bill to close meeting notice loophole in Pa. transparency law (opens The Penn in a new tab)
A proposed California tax on billionaires could generate substantially less revenue than anticipated, according to Stanford economists. The study suggests that wealth migration among billionaires may offset the tax's benefits, potentially leading to a net loss in state income tax revenue.
The Penn reported it asEconomists: Billionaire tax would hurt, not help, California (opens The Penn in a new tab)
An artificial intelligence model can predict cancer patients' survival risk and biological aging from a single facial photograph. The research, conducted by Mass General Brigham, used a model trained on over 40 million facial images.
The Penn reported it asAI can estimate cancer patients’ survival risk from a single photo (opens The Penn in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security reported 98,708 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, a 95% decrease from the Biden administration's average. Retired Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem described the current situation as a turnaround from the chaos of 2021.
The Penn reported it asSouthwest illegal border crossing reach lowest level for one year in U.S. history (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Paleontologists have identified Herugavialis cairensis, a new species of extinct crocodile, from 45-million-year-old fossils found in Egypt's Mokattam Formation. The limestone used for the Great Sphinx was quarried from this formation, and a key fossil skull shares a missing snout tip with the monument.
The Penn reported it asAncient crocodile with missing snout named for Egyptian god (opens The Penn in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel for highway use. The move comes as diesel prices reached a record high and ahead of the November midterm elections.
The Penn reported it asTrump order temporarily expands use of dyed diesel nationwide (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Costco and Conoco offered the lowest regular fuel price at $4.78 in Idaho Falls, according to a Stacker report. The list ranks gas stations by price and includes addresses.
The Penn reported it asCheapest gas stations in Erie (opens The Penn in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has approved a firing‑squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The decision follows a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
The Penn reported it asFort Hood jihadst shooter to be executed by U.S. Army firing squad (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Research from Oxford University suggests animals may have evolved up to 200 million years earlier than fossil evidence currently shows. The study re-examined microfossil deposits and used molecular clock analysis to propose an earlier origin for animal life.
The Penn reported it asAnimals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than thought (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Global stock exchanges saw increases on Monday while oil prices declined. This trend emerged as concerns about inflation lessened, with investors expecting the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady. Weaker than expected US job creation data contributed to these expectations.
The Penn reported it asU.S. economy adds 29K jobs, unemployment 4.2% in September (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman are scheduled to appear at a forum sponsored by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. The event comes as the city grapples with homelessness and job losses in Hollywood, with mail ballots due to be sent soon.
The Penn reported it asLos Angeles mayoral candidates debate Israel, local issues (opens The Penn in a new tab)
The US plans to build a new military base, to be selected through a merit-based competition among states. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the initiative, which aims to replace aging infrastructure with a modern installation.
The Penn reported it asU.S. to build new domestic military base, no cost estimate provided (opens The Penn in a new tab)
The Senate voted 57-43 to block the Ratepayer Protection Act, a bill intended to shield homeowners from increased energy costs attributed to data centers. The legislation had previously passed the House with broad support.
The Penn reported it asU.S. Senate tanks bill meant to shield Americans from data center energy costs (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are suing New York, California, and Massachusetts, alleging their abortion shield laws unconstitutionally facilitate the distribution of abortion drugs. A separate suit targets individuals and groups for shipping these drugs.
The Penn reported it asLouisiana, Alabama and Arkansas sue states over abortion pill protections (opens The Penn in a new tab)
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has denied reports suggesting a withdrawal of 25,000 to 40,000 troops from Europe. While the US is re-evaluating its military presence, Whitaker affirmed continued commitment to the continent.
The Penn reported it asU.S. ends 12-year anti-ISIS mission in Iraq (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Italy has concluded its 12-year military presence in Iraq, with the final troops returning home. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated this marks a new phase in bilateral relations, with the withdrawal completed before the September 30 deadline.
The Penn reported it asU.S. ends 12-year anti-ISIS mission in Iraq (opens The Penn in a new tab)
A recent report claims that climate-related legal cases and proposed legislation could significantly increase energy prices for American consumers. The analysis projects a potential rise in gas prices and highlights the financial implications of such actions.
The Penn reported it asReport: American consumers would foot the bill if climate cases succeed (opens The Penn in a new tab)
A new study indicates that dogs, like humans, focus on consonants to identify individual words within spoken language. Researchers compared brain activity in dogs and people, finding that both species rely on consonant sounds to segment speech, suggesting that exposure to language can alter brain function.
The Penn reported it asMan’s best listener? Dog brains segment speech similar to humans (opens The Penn in a new tab)
Who says so
The lean above is carried in the coverage data this site ingests, which names no rater for it. We publish it because it is what the rest of the site groups The Penn on, and we will not present it as an assessment by anyone in particular until we hold one.
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
The rating above reaches us without a named assessor, and is published as that rather than as anyone’s verdict.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Penn.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Seen publishing on
- thepenn.org
- 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
- 73
- Reports listed
- 73
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
73 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 Penn is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 73 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Penn’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Penn, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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