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 150 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 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.
The United States, Denmark and Greenland plan to sign a security pact at the UN General Assembly next week. President Donald Trump says the deal gives the US permanent control over security matters, while other outlets report no sovereign US control. A joint working group will discuss future cooperation.
The spokesman-Review reported it asU.S. and Denmark reach deal on Greenland, Trump says (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Starbucks will pay Florida $1 million and cease race- and sex-based hiring goals companywide to settle a civil rights lawsuit. The agreement, confirmed by Florida's Attorney General, applies to all Starbucks operations and requires annual compliance certifications for four years.
The spokesman-Review reported it asStarbucks settles Florida lawsuit over its DEI efforts (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order mandating state agencies to develop recommendations for strengthening AI safety laws. The order calls for a team of experts to propose new regulations within two months, potentially including a 'kill switch' for AI programs.
The spokesman-Review reported it asCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom creates panel on AI safety regulation, suggests possible 'kill switch' (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Senator Bill Cassidy has blamed the Trump administration's vaccine policies for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania. He also called for confirmation that vaccines do not cause autism, a point raised during a confirmation hearing for Dr. Nicole Saphier.
The spokesman-Review reported it asSen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’ (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Federal officials have acknowledged that President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot arch will cause unavoidable harm to historic sites, including Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. Despite these concerns, they maintain the project must proceed at its proposed location.
The spokesman-Review reported it asTrump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
The spokesman-Review reported it asTrump floats EU tariffs if Canada invite deemed hostile act (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The U.S. House Oversight Committee voted to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Reports differ on whether the vote was unanimous, and Black's lawyers denounced the resolution as a complete abomination.
The spokesman-Review reported it asHouse holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt over Epstein probe subpoena (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The Trump administration plans to erect signs outside the National Museum of American History. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is overseeing the initiative, which aims to warn visitors about perceived ideological bias within the museum's presentations.
The spokesman-Review reported it asTrump administration moving ahead with signs outside Smithsonian museum (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
The spokesman-Review reported it asFed hikes rates, sees more tightening in search of 'timelier' drop in inflation (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
The spokesman-Review reported it asThe House is heading home ahead of the midterms even earlier than planned (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from issuing further warning notices to David Streever. Streever had sent an email to the former acting director of ICE comparing him to a Nazi. The judge ruled the warning notice likely violated Streever's First Amendment rights.
The spokesman-Review reported it asICE's threat to critic 'likely violates' First Amendment, judge says (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out sending agents to polling places on Election Day, telling senators he wasn’t certain the bureau is legally barred from doing so. Patel stated the FBI has agents in each field office devoted to addressing election crimes.
The spokesman-Review reported it asPatel won’t rule out FBI at the polls on Election Day (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
The spokesman-Review reported it asKennedy Center prepares to close as Trump threatens to withhold repairs (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Germany and the United States have signed a letter of intent to deepen cooperation between their defense industries. The agreement, signed by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, aims to accelerate weapons production and strengthen manufacturing capacity.
The spokesman-Review reported it asGermany, U.S. sign agreement to deepen defense cooperation between industries (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
The spokesman-Review reported it asThe Iran war is costing taxpayers up to $3 billion per month as Democrats make it a campaign issue (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
The spokesman-Review reported it asChina says U.S. tech leaders’ calls for AI slowdown are ‘malicious competition’ (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
The spokesman-Review reported it asSupreme Court declines to allow U.S. Postal Service restrict mail ballots (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
The spokesman-Review reported it asEPA ends climate regulations for power plants (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
The spokesman-Review reported it asMicrosoft sets its own AI guardrails amid rising industry concerns (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
The spokesman-Review reported it asWashington sues federal government over new 'public charge' rules for green cards (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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
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
- 150
- Reports listed
- 151
- We could read
- 20
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
131 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 20 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 49 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The spokesman-Review ran the story anyway.
Across the 150 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 17 of them. Overall it filed a median of 16 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 6 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The spokesman-Review, 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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