The Shade Room media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places The Shade Room in the centre. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Shade Room biased?
Ad Fontes Media places The Shade Room in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Shade Room left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places The Shade Room in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Shade Room reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes The Shade Room as 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 Shade Room has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Shade Room’s own report linked underneath.
An ICE officer shot and injured Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin, Texas. Pérez's attorney stated agents 'sideswiped' his car before firing shots and that he had entered the U.S. legally. The officer involved was reportedly a new recruit and not wearing a body camera.
The Shade Room reported it asREPORT: ICE Agent Who Shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez Not Wearing Body Cam — Austin Police Release Partial Video (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
The Shade Room reported it asEd Sheeran Reacts To Situation In Gaza While Opening First Concert Without Macklemore & Other Supporting Acts (UPDATE) (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Converse has removed a social media advertisement featuring K-pop singer Karina after critics said the imagery evoked racist symbols, including those associated with the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The company issued an apology, stating they understood why the image was upsetting and had made a mistake.
The Shade Room reported it asConverse Ad Sparks Controversy As Internet Users Say It Appears To Show KKK Imagery (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
The Shade Room reported it asAll Of Ed Sheeran's Supporting Acts Quit His Tour After His Response To Macklemore Being Kicked Off (UPDATE) (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday after he climbed the cables, brandished a knife, and moved towards officers. The man had claimed he had a bomb and wanted to die.
The Shade Room reported it asPolice Fatally Shoot Man On Brooklyn Bridge Cables After He Failed To Drop Knife (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Jurors deliberated for a third day without reaching a verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three young children in January 2023. The case hinges on whether she acted due to postpartum psychosis or made a conscious choice.
The Shade Room reported it asLindsay Clancy Jury To Return For Sixth Day Of Deliberations In Case Of Mom Who Killed Her 3 Kids (UPDATE) (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
The Shade Room reported it asPrayers Up! Over 50 Americans Reportedly Among Hundreds Missing After Deadly Nepal Floods (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
The Shade Room reported it asPrayers Up! Over 50 Americans Reportedly Among Hundreds Missing After Deadly Nepal Floods (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Fort Worth's city council has approved an $11.25 million settlement for the family of Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot and killed by a former police officer in 2019. The settlement will resolve civil claims and provide funds for Jefferson's minor nephews.
The Shade Room reported it asUPDATE: Atatiana Jefferson's Family Reportedly To Receive $11.25M Settlement Nearly 7 Years After She Was Killed By Police Officer (opens The Shade Room in a new tab)
Former Illinois Deputy Sean Grayson, convicted of the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, has died in prison. Grayson was serving a 20-year sentence and had been seeking medical release due to stage 4 cancer.
The Shade Room reported it asUPDATE: Sean Grayson, Officer Convicted Of Fatally Shooting Sonya Massey, Reportedly Dies Months Into Serving Prison Sentence (opens The Shade Room 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.
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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
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 Shade Room.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- theshaderoom.com
- Seen publishing on
- theshaderoom.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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 15 August 2026
10 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 Shade Room is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Shade Room: its report arrived a median of 31 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 29 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 28 September 2026. Ratings pulled 14 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Shade Room, 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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