Is The Straits Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Straits Times as leaning right. We have seen it on 3 published stories of ours.
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.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanRightCheck it
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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Singapore Press HoldingsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Singapore, Singapore
- Official site
- straitstimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- straitstimes.com
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- 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
- 3
- Reports listed
- 3
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
2 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.
We have not seen The Straits Times cover a story that outlets rated right were largely absent from.
Measured 4 August 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 August 2026. Ratings pulled 3 August 2026.
Stories we have seen it on
- The Straits TimesLeans rightHigh factualityOil giant Aramco’s profits soar 44% as war boosts prices (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Singapore, SingaporeOwner: Singapore Press Holdings
Our report: Aramco Q2 2026 profit rises 42% on higher oil prices despite Hormuz disruptions
- The Straits TimesLeans rightHigh factualityStatus of US-Iran talks uncertain as ship struck in Hormuz (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Singapore, SingaporeOwner: Singapore Press HoldingsCarried from Reuters
Our report: Ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO reports
- The Straits TimesLeans rightHigh factualityMyanmar ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing set for first Thailand visit as civilian leader (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Singapore, Singapore
Our report: Min Aung Hlaing visits Thailand as Myanmar’s civilian leader for first time
- The Straits TimesLeans rightHigh factualityUS to close consulates in Japan’s Nagoya and Indonesia’s Medan, sources say (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Singapore, SingaporeOwner: Singapore Press Holdings
Our report: US State Department to close five foreign missions in downsizing
- The Straits TimesLeans rightHigh factualityUS signs deal to boost Patriot and THAAD missile parts production (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Singapore, SingaporeOwner: Singapore Press HoldingsCarried from South China Morning Post
Our report: US signs framework deal to triple Patriot missile production
Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.