The Reload media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Reload as leaning right. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Reload biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Reload as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Reload left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Reload as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Reload reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Reload 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 Reload has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Reload’s own report linked underneath.
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 Reload reported it asThe Races Gun Owners Should Watch on Tuesday (opens The Reload 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 Reload reported it asThe Races Gun Owners Should Watch on Tuesday (opens The Reload in a new tab)
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the Federal Switchblade Act unconstitutional, ruling that switchblade knives are protected "Arms" under the Second Amendment. The court found the government failed to justify the ban.
The Reload reported it asAnalysis: How ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ Swayed the Fifth Circuit’s Latest Second Amendment Ruling (opens The Reload in a new tab)
Michael Bloomberg has donated approximately $80 million to support Democratic candidates in the upcoming US midterm elections. The move is seen as an effort to offset Republican fundraising advantages, as another tech billionaire has reportedly given more to Trump's Republicans.
The Reload reported it asNewsletter: Bloomberg Drops Cash Bomb on Midterms (opens The Reload in a new tab)
A federal judge in Hawaii has upheld the state’s prohibition on firearm ownership for individuals under 21, rejecting a challenge by the Second Amendment Foundation. The ruling, by Trump-appointed Judge Jill Aiko Otake, allows Hawaii to continue requiring a licence for gun ownership that is not issued to anyone under 21.
The Reload reported it asFederal Judge Upholds Hawaii’s Under-21 Gun Ban (opens The Reload in a new tab)
A Texas federal judge’s ruling striking down federal regulations on firearm suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and shotguns took effect after the U.S. Justice Department did not file an appeal by the court-imposed deadline. The decision removes restrictions for qualifying owners.
The Reload reported it asAnalysis: Who and What is Covered by the NFA Injunction? (opens The Reload in a new tab)
Two members of Gun Owners of America purchased suppressors without filing Form 4 or complying with National Firearms Act registration after the Department of Justice failed to appeal a federal judge’s injunction by the 12 August 2026 deadline. The transfers mark the first unregistered suppressor sales since the NFA was enacted in 1934.
The Reload reported it asGun Group, Republican Candidate Transfer Unregistered Silencer as DOJ Misses Appeal Deadline (opens The Reload in a new tab)
A federal judge in Texas ruled that the National Firearms Act no longer applies to suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns after Congress eliminated their transfer and making taxes in July 2025. The decision blocks the ATF from enforcing registration requirements for those firearms, with a seven-day stay to allow an appeal.
The Reload reported it asAnalysis: Why a Federal Judge Just Struck Down Most of the NFA (opens The Reload 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
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High factuality
Who owns it
- Stephen GutowskiBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- thereload.com
- Seen publishing on
- thereload.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
- 8
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
7 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 3 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Reload ran the story anyway.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Reload: its report arrived a median of 3 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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