The San Francisco Standard media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The San Francisco Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 12 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The San Francisco Standard biased?
The rating organisations do not give The San Francisco Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The San Francisco Standard left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The San Francisco Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The San Francisco Standard reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The San Francisco Standard are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The San Francisco Standard has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The San Francisco Standard’s own report linked underneath.
An analysis by the conservative group Humans First found that deep-red counties with large data centers or proposed projects shifted more toward Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections compared to similar counties without these facilities. The study noted a drop in Republican vote totals in these host counties.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asSilicon Valley‘s political spending spree meets a blue wave — and a data center revolt (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Democrat Jamie Ager has won North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating Republican Jennifer Balkcom. The seat became open after Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards withdrew from the race.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asElection map: U.S. House, District 11 (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has threatened to arrest and prosecute federal agents and others who interfere with the state's elections. The move comes after ICE warned it would pursue individuals who vote illegally.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asChan, Wiener close out bitterly fought campaign to replace Pelosi (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, warning investors about potential catastrophic or existential risks to humanity from advanced AI systems. The company detailed these concerns in its IPO paperwork, dedicating a significant portion to risk factors.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asWhat if Claude has feelings? Inside Anthropic’s most pressing IPO warnings (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asAnthropic files for IPO, setting the stage for a wave of new wealth in SF (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Abdulrahman Alfozan, an engineer at OpenAI, has been ordered detained without bail by a federal judge. Prosecutors allege he communicated with a Saudi Royal Family member and that his actions could endanger U.S. national security. The Saudi Consulate offered to pay his bail, but the judge expressed skepticism.
The San Francisco Standard reported it as‘Saudi needs you more’ than U.S., messages to accused OpenAI engineer show, prosecutors say (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, has been arrested and charged with installing a recording device in a company conference room. Prosecutors stated he had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia for himself and family members before his arrest. OpenAI confirmed his termination and stated no sensitive data was accessed.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asWho is the OpenAI engineer accused of hiding a recording device? (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Stanford University's Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to alter a promotional photo, replacing a Latino student with an AI-generated Black woman and digitally slimming other students. The student stated the changes made him feel 'silenced and erased'.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asStanford University replaced a Latino man with an AI-generated Black woman in a photo (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Apple has launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, at its 'Surprise and Shine' event. The company also introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This marks the first major product launch under new CEO John Ternus.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asNew techie status symbol just dropped: The iPhone Duo (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asNew techie status symbol just dropped: The iPhone Duo (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent left a firearm unattended in a San Francisco International Airport restroom on July 21. The gun was found by a flight attendant, leading to the closure of the stall and a police response. The agent later retrieved the weapon.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Organisations advocating to end child marriage in the United States are targeting Republican lawmakers at state and federal levels, framing it as a nonpartisan issue affecting children. Some states are advancing laws to set the minimum marriage age at 18, while California legislators face lobbying to remove exceptions.
The San Francisco Standard reported it asChild marriage in California: Teen marriage survivor advocates for state ban (opens The San Francisco Standard in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The San Francisco Standard.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
- Official site
- sfstandard.com
- Seen publishing on
- sfstandard.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
- 12
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 12 August 2026
11 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The San Francisco Standard is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 12 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The San Francisco Standard: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The San Francisco Standard, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where The San Francisco Standard publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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