The Tablet media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places The Tablet in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Tablet biased?
Ad Fontes Media places The Tablet in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Tablet left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places The Tablet in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Tablet reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Tablet are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Tablet has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Tablet’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 Tablet reported it asDemocrats Win Control of House and Senate in Landslide Midterm Election Seen as Trump Rebuke (opens The Tablet 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 Tablet reported it asDemocrats Win Control of House and Senate in Landslide Midterm Election Seen as Trump Rebuke (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires and spoke to President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada, saying the economy must serve people, not the other way round, and warning against the president’s austerity programme.
The Tablet reported it asVatican: Pope Leo Is 'Enthusiastic' and 'Clinically Fit' for Whirlwind Latin America Homecoming (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The shooter, identified as John Griffin Jr. III, used a shotgun purchased by his mother and was killed by a bystander. Two others were critically injured.
The Tablet reported it asOregon Bishops Offer Prayers Following Silver Rail School Shooting (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
Pope Leo has undergone surgery to remove part of his right lung due to lung cancer. The Vatican reports he is recovering well, walking and eating normally, though questions remain about the extent of the cancer and its impact on his upcoming tour.
The Tablet reported it asPope Leo XIV's Surgery Reveals Lung Cancer, Vatican Says (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
New York will participate in a federal scholarship tax credit program starting January 1. Taxpayers can receive federal credits for donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations, with individuals eligible for up to $1,700 and married couples up to $3,400. The program faces opposition from teachers unions.
The Tablet reported it asNY Bishops Praise Governor Hochul’s Move to Join Federal School Choice Program (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
The Food and Drug Administration's safety review of the nation's main abortion pill, mifepristone, will extend into next year, according to a court-ordered update. The agency expects to complete a safety study by mid-December and issue a report by March 2027.
The Tablet reported it asFDA Expects To Draft Mifepristone Safety Review Next Year; Pro-Life Groups Call It ‘Insufficient' (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
On 29 September 2026 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a municipal strategy to combat antisemitism that allocates $26 million to the Office for Prevention of Hate Crimes. Over 25 Jewish organisations signed an open letter saying the plan omits anti‑Zionist harassment, prompting backlash across the media.
The Tablet reported it asMayor's New Anti-Hate Initiative Draws Mixed Response From Leaders (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy are to be published this autumn for the first time. The book, titled 'The Private Diary of Pope Francis,' will be released on November 24 in English and four other languages.
The Tablet reported it asVatican To Publish Pope Francis' Private Diary (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House. The outlets have filed a federal lawsuit, arguing the ban violates their First and Fifth Amendment rights.
The Tablet reported it asPope Leo XIV Arrives in Paris, Urges French Leaders To Protect the Right to Life (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV visited the Maison Bakhita centre in Paris, an organisation supporting migrants and refugees. He spoke about the dignity of those who are exiled and urged coexistence, peace, and respect for human dignity.
The Tablet reported it asPope Leo XIV Arrives in Paris, Urges French Leaders To Protect the Right to Life (opens The Tablet in a new tab)
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.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck 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.
Very high factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Tablet.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- thetablet.org
- Seen publishing on
- thetablet.org
- 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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 26 September 2026
10 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Tablet is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Tablet: its report arrived a median of 3 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 November 2026. Ratings pulled 26 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Tablet, 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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