The Star Democrat media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Star Democrat in the centre. We have seen it on 134 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Star Democrat biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Star Democrat in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Star Democrat left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Star Democrat in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Star Democrat reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Star Democrat 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 Star Democrat has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Star Democrat’s own report linked underneath.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested UC Berkeley student Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez at San Francisco International Airport on October 30. She is being held at a California detention center while awaiting a hearing on her asylum claim.
The Star Democrat reported it asICE arrests 23-year-old UC Berkeley student and asylum seeker at San Francisco airport (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Federal prosecutors have charged five Ecuadorians, including the son of a former president and a former legislator, with trafficking cocaine to the United States and Europe. The drug was allegedly hidden in tuna shipments.
The Star Democrat reported it asUS charges son of Ecuador's former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
A coalition of environmental and human rights groups has filed 14 legal complaints in Europe against meatpacker JBS and its financial partners. The complaints allege money laundering linked to illegal Amazon deforestation, a charge JBS disputes.
The Star Democrat reported it asMeat-packer JBS faces complaints filed in Europe over alleged links to illegal Amazon deforestation (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
A Brazilian under-20 soccer match has set a new world record for red cards issued after a large-scale brawl erupted between players and staff. The incident occurred during a state championship semifinal, leading to widespread expulsions and chaos on the field.
The Star Democrat reported it asBrazilian U20 soccer match makes history with 51 red cards after mass brawl (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
A Jordanian security officer was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack in Amman on Thursday. Authorities have described the incident near the Sri Lankan Embassy as a terrorist act, and the assailant has been arrested.
The Star Democrat reported it asSecurity officer attacked and killed near Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan's capital (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Democrat Ned Lamont has won reelection as Connecticut governor, defeating Republican Ryan Fazio. Lamont, a former cable entrepreneur, will begin his third term. Incumbent Wes Moore also won reelection in Maryland.
The Star Democrat reported it asPredicting Moore, prediction correct (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
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 Star Democrat reported it asMidterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
The Star Democrat reported it asMidterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Tens of thousands gathered for Taiwan's annual Pride parade in Taipei, one of Asia's largest LGBTQ+ celebrations. Organizers estimated 150,000 people attended the event, which follows a recent police raid on a gay bar in the city.
The Star Democrat reported it asTens of thousands gather to celebrate inclusivity at Taiwan Pride parade (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
The Star Democrat reported it asSeveral key employment reports and more corporate earnings updates will fill out a busy week (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution aimed at ending the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and establishing a new political one. A subsequent Russian proposal to extend the existing mission for a year also failed to pass.
The Star Democrat reported it asRival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
King Charles III has arrived in Guyana, the second stop on his nine-day Caribbean tour. The visit coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Guyana and renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in the slave trade.
The Star Democrat reported it asKing Charles III urges countries to follow Guyana’s lead in protecting forests (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
El Paso Matters has filed a lawsuit seeking to make public investigative records from the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. The lawsuit asserts the Texas Attorney General's Office wrongly applied the Texas Family Code to keep records secret, arguing the investigation was not a child abuse case.
The Star Democrat reported it asEl Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV has urged the creation of international institutions to enforce ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence. Speaking at a Vatican gathering, he emphasized that AI should remain a tool, not a person, and that humans must retain control over its development and decisions.
The Star Democrat reported it asPope says 'most urgent' challenge facing AI race is need for institutional ethical framework (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
The US has expelled a Cuban diplomat following a heated exchange at the UN General Assembly. Ambassador Mike Waltz stated the diplomat shoved and attempted to assault an American staffer, leading Secretary of State Marco Rubio to sign the expulsion papers.
The Star Democrat reported it asCuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Edwin Brant Frost IV, a prominent Georgia Republican, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors stated the scheme defrauded over 300 victims and resulted in losses exceeding $76 million.
The Star Democrat reported it asProminent Georgia Republican gets 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in Ponzi scheme (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
Colorado's most prominent glaciers experienced dramatic thinning in 2026, losing ice at double the rate of the previous five years. Record low snowpack and high temperatures contributed to the accelerated melt, raising concerns about water sources and mountain hazards.
The Star Democrat reported it asColorado's glaciers thinned dramatically due to record low snow and heat in 2026 (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
The Star Democrat reported it asJudge rules Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI director, was unlawfully fired by Trump administration (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
The NBA has announced agreements with prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, alongside a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. These deals aim to enhance transparency and prevent abuses in NBA-related betting markets.
The Star Democrat reported it asNBA strikes deals with prediction markets, with eye on integrity and regulations (opens The Star Democrat in a new tab)
The Saamaka people of Suriname are employing modern technology like satellite imagery and GPS to document illegal logging and mining activities in their ancestral Amazon rainforest territory. They aim to secure government recognition and strengthen conservation efforts.
The Star Democrat reported it asSuriname’s Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest (opens The Star Democrat 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 Star Democrat.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- stardem.com
- Seen publishing on
- stardem.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
- 134
- Reports listed
- 134
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
134 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 Star Democrat is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 134 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Star Democrat’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 20 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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