The spokesman-Review media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The spokesman-Review one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 320 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The spokesman-Review biased?
The rating organisations do not give The spokesman-Review one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The spokesman-Review left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The spokesman-Review one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The spokesman-Review reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The spokesman-Review 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 spokesman-Review has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The spokesman-Review’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
The spokesman-Review reported it asTrump's stinging midterm rebuke casts a new political landscape (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
The spokesman-Review reported it asDemocrat Gina Hinojosa unseats Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
CVS Health is reportedly planning to split into two companies, separating its retail pharmacies from its insurance and pharmacy-benefit operations. This move would reverse a previous strategy of integrating healthcare services.
The spokesman-Review reported it asCVS Plans to Break Up Healthcare Conglomerate, FT Reports (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
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 spokesman-Review reported it asLive Coverage: 2026 Midterm Election (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
The spokesman-Review reported it asDemocrats take control of House and Senate as Trump's imprint is seen in key races (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. has been arrested and accused of threatening federal judges. Meredith was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for offenses related to the January 6 Capitol attack and had previously been convicted of threatening Nancy Pelosi.
The spokesman-Review reported it asPardoned Jan. 6 defendant accused of threatening D.C. judges (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
The spokesman-Review reported it asU.S. strikes Iran's Qeshm Island, Wall Street Journal reports (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center has announced its 2026 honorees: Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet, and Barbara Mandrell. The ceremony will be moved from the venue for the first time due to a legal dispute involving President Donald Trump's renovation plans.
The spokesman-Review reported it asEmbroiled Kennedy Center will honor Paul Anka, David Foster and Andy Garcia (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
North Korea has condemned the recent South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise "Iron Mace," calling it a nuclear war rehearsal. Pyongyang stated it will continue to bolster its nuclear deterrence in response to perceived threats from the drills.
The spokesman-Review reported it asNorth Korea says US-South Korea nuclear drill shows need for stronger nuclear deterrent (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he believes a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is nearing completion. He suggested a deal could be finalized at the G20 summit in December, which is scheduled to take place at his resort in Doral, Florida.
The spokesman-Review reported it asCanada, U.S. to outline trade plan in weeks ahead, Carney says (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
The spokesman-Review reported it asUS judge dismisses Trump election lawsuit in Alaska (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power on Sunday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported significant damage to an industrial facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region following a Ukrainian drone attack.
The spokesman-Review reported it asRussian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as drones damage Russian facility (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
The spokesman-Review reported it asWSJ wins dismissal of Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
The spokesman-Review reported it asIran threatens wider U.S. strikes even as talks make progress (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
The spokesman-Review reported it asFSB says U.S. warned Russia of possible Moscow attack (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
The spokesman-Review reported it asIranian envoys meet Qatari mediators as threat looms of U.S. strikes after midterms (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
A summit between Canada and the European Union in Montreal has concluded. Digital trade was a key topic on the agenda for the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The spokesman-Review reported it asEU, Canada forge 'alliance for the future' at Montreal summit (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Imperial Oil announced a third-quarter profit of $2.45 billion, a significant increase from $539 million in the same period last year. The company's results were bolstered by rising oil prices and improved refining margins, while upstream production saw a slight decrease.
The spokesman-Review reported it asBig Oil scores $56 billion windfall on spiking fuel prices (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
The spokesman-Review reported it asPatrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned ‘Star Trek’ captain and ‘X-Men’ star, dies at 86 (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, in an effort to restart peace negotiations and prevent potential US bombings. President Donald Trump has denied directing Vance to initiate these talks.
The spokesman-Review reported it asIran receives Vance letter, signals no shift in peace deal terms (opens The spokesman-Review 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
- Cowles CompanyMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States
- Official site
- spokesman.com
- Seen publishing on
- spokesman.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 320
- Reports listed
- 326
- We could read
- 38
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
288 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 38 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 118 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The spokesman-Review ran the story anyway.
Across the 320 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The spokesman-Review’s on 25 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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