The Sun media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 57 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Sun biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Sun left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Sun reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Sun are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Sun has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Sun’s own report linked underneath.
A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London to Warsaw made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, due to a bomb threat. Warsaw-Modlin airport was temporarily closed. An SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw also reported a bomb threat.
The Sun reported it asAirport shut after bomb threat on flight from London sparks emergency landing (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
The Sun reported it asSpanish star tragically dies after colliding with keeper as club heartbroken (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Thomas Markle Snr, father of the Duchess of Sussex, has reportedly been moved into a Florida care home for dementia patients. The move comes amid an FBI investigation into alleged child abuse images found at his home and storage units.
The Sun reported it asThomas Markle moves to dementia care home sparking fears he may never be quizzed (opens The Sun in a new tab)
King Charles is expected to address the legacy of slavery with "unflinching honesty" and "sincere sorrow" at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. However, he is not anticipated to issue a formal apology, with Buckingham Palace stating the decision lies with the UK government.
The Sun reported it asKing Charles will not issue formal apology for slavery on Caribbean tour (opens The Sun 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 Sun reported it asHollywood icon Sir Patrick Stewart dead aged 86 after Alzheimer's battle (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that his country received only 24 Patriot interceptor missiles from the United States in the past 90 days. He contrasted this with the approximately 2,000 missiles delivered to the Middle East during an 84-hour period and stated Ukraine needs about 350 missiles monthly.
The Sun reported it asZelensky's warning to Healey: 'Defence must be priority... delay will be costly' (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Morris, a US Air Force officer stationed at the embassy in London, left the United Kingdom in August 2026 before British police could question him. He is under investigation for alleged possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, and his brother is on trial in the US.
The Sun reported it asUS diplomat who 'swapped sick abuse images with brother' named & pictured (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Moscow for talks, with assurances of safety. Ukrainian officials confirmed Zelensky's readiness for a meeting and a partial ceasefire, though they noted Russia's continued attacks.
The Sun reported it asPutin 'rants about medieval history in bizarre call to European leaders' (opens The Sun in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
The Sun reported it asRiots rage in Europe as 1,300 arrested in France & shops looted in Spain (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least five people were injured. Israel's military stated the men carried firearms. Following the incident, Israel ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank.
The Sun reported it asIsrael orders army to prepare to fully SHUT West Bank after deadly shooting (opens The Sun in a new tab)
The Daily Telegraph has reported over 500 instances of Russian fishing vessels operating near undersea cables. While no incidents have affected British cables, the activity raises concerns about potential sabotage and intelligence gathering.
The Sun reported it asPutin 'sends fishing boats to spy on Britain' as tyrant targets undersea cables (opens The Sun in a new tab)
An artificial intelligence model can predict cancer patients' survival risk and biological aging from a single facial photograph. The research, conducted by Mass General Brigham, used a model trained on over 40 million facial images.
The Sun reported it asOne photo of your face could detect biological age and odds of surviving cancer (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has publicly criticised Home Office proposals to extend the waiting period for migrants to obtain settled status. She argues that prolonging the wait for settlement can also prolong the process of building cohesion.
The Sun reported it asCabinet row erupts as Energy Sec slams Mahmood's 10-year migrant settlement plan (opens The Sun in a new tab)
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in north-east London after three Jewish women reported being assaulted. The assaults are being investigated as suspected antisemitic hate crimes, and a Jewish neighbourhood watch group detained a suspect before police arrived.
The Sun reported it asJewish lady punched in face as man arrested over 'antisemitic hate crime' (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to murder. He travelled to the UK to carry out a killing for an Iran-backed international crime gang, but was arrested by armed police.
The Sun reported it asBaby-faced hitmen & ‘Call of Duty’ killers… inside Iran's 'Foxtrot Network' (opens The Sun in a new tab)
A house fire in Waterford, Ireland, resulted in the deaths of two adults and two children. Two other children were critically injured and hospitalised. An Garda Síochána is investigating the incident, with foul play suspected.
The Sun reported it asMultiple fatalities including kids feared in Waterford fire with cops at scene (opens The Sun in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
The Sun reported it asDementia cases set to hit 25 million every year by 2050 - 14 ways to slash risk (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Forces linked to Blackwater founder Erik Prince were ambushed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September. At least 20 people were killed or wounded in the attack, with former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy reportedly injured.
The Sun reported it asEx-UFC star Tim Kennedy shot three times as military group ambushed in Congo (opens The Sun in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump stated that strategic bomber warplanes were withdrawn from RAF Fairford due to unspecified threats. The Pentagon confirmed the redeployment of all US bombers from the base to their home stations in the United States.
The Sun reported it asTrump pulled out bombers 'over fears of Iranian drone attack on RAF Fairford' (opens The Sun in a new tab)
EU ambassador Katarina Maternova confirmed that all 25 EU embassies remain open in Kyiv despite Moscow’s warning of massive strikes. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was in the city at the time. Russian officials urged foreign diplomats to depart.
The Sun reported it asPutin warns 'foreign citizens' to leave Kyiv as drones blitz bridge (opens The Sun in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
- News UKunknowndirect owner
- News CorpMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Murdoch familyMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- thesun.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- thesun.co.uk
- 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
- 57
- Reports listed
- 58
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
58 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.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Sun ran the story anyway.
Across the 57 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Sun’s on 6 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
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