The Roanoke Star News media bias and reliability
The Roanoke Star News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 5 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Roanoke Star News biased?
The Roanoke Star News 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 Roanoke Star News left or right?
The Roanoke Star News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is The Roanoke Star News reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for The Roanoke Star News. 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 Roanoke Star News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Roanoke Star News’s own report linked underneath.
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
The Roanoke Star News reported it asTenerife Striker Jesús de Miguel Dies After Collision, and Spanish Police Open Inquiry (opens The Roanoke Star News in a new tab)
Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy are to be published this autumn for the first time. The book, titled 'The Private Diary of Pope Francis,' will be released on November 24 in English and four other languages.
The Roanoke Star News reported it asPope Francis's Private Journal Entries Go on Sale Nov. 24 in Five Languages (opens The Roanoke Star News in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security used $20 million in taxpayer funds for advertisements that critics say glorify President Donald Trump and may violate anti-propaganda laws. The ads were funded through U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The Roanoke Star News reported it asKaine Calls Trump Administration TV Ads Illegal as White House Defends Them (opens The Roanoke Star News in a new tab)
FIFA confirmed on 17 August 2026 that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour had left the organisation after he criticised President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a stake in FIFA's tournament business. Lamour called the plan 'the project of one person' and said staff had been 'deceived'.
The Roanoke Star News reported it asNorway Soccer Chief Condemns FIFA’s Dismissal of Top Official as ‘Management by Fear’ (opens The Roanoke Star News in a new tab)
Serbia's football association withdrew support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid, joining European opposition after FIFA's failed $4.2 billion tournament stake sale. The reversal came 70 days after Serbia initially backed Infantino, with the association calling for new leadership to restore trust in global football governance.
The Roanoke Star News reported it asInfantino Meets FIFA Leadership in Morocco as Internal Opposition Grows (opens The Roanoke Star News in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed The Roanoke Star News. We asked on 4 November 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 Roanoke Star News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Roanoke, Virginia, United States
- Official site
- theroanokestar.com
- Seen publishing on
- theroanokestar.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
- 5
- Reports listed
- 5
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
5 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 Roanoke Star News has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 5 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Roanoke Star News: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 November 2026.
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