The Texas Tribune media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Texas Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 22 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Texas Tribune biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Texas Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Texas Tribune left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Texas Tribune one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Texas Tribune reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Texas Tribune are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Texas Tribune has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Texas Tribune’s own report linked underneath.
Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo mocking South Asian students at a University of Texas football game. Republican leaders John Cornyn and Dustin Burrows condemned the post, and former adviser Karl Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
The Texas Tribune reported it asKarl Rove will vote for Democrat over Bo French (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has nominated Kimberly Greenwood, wife of singer Lee Greenwood, to be the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The nomination requires Senate confirmation. Trump also nominated Wesley Hunt for a role in Riyadh.
The Texas Tribune reported it asTrump nominates Wesley Hunt for Saudi ambassadorship (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Landowners, ranchers, and business owners in Texas are suing the Trump administration to stop border wall construction in the Big Bend region. The lawsuit argues the government is misusing powers to waive environmental and other regulations in an area with low rates of illegal crossings.
The Texas Tribune reported it asWhat to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo of University of Texas students and described them as 'foreigners' displacing Americans. The post drew condemnation from prominent Texas Republicans, including U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who called it racist and intolerant.
The Texas Tribune reported it asCornyn calls out Bo French over racist social media post (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
The Texas Tribune reported it asSurrogate isn’t the parent of the child she carried, Texas rules (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Jimmy Kimmel announced his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico would not air on ABC due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pressure. The interview will instead be posted on YouTube. The decision comes amid a broader dispute between ABC's parent company, Disney, and the FCC over broadcast licenses.
The Texas Tribune reported it asJimmy Kimmel says FCC threatened him over Talarico interview (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico has revised past statements regarding gender and transgender athletes. He now states he opposes transgender girls competing in sports if it compromises safety or fairness, a shift from his previous stances.
The Texas Tribune reported it asJames Talarico reverses stance on trans student-athletes (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Former Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ex‑director of law enforcement, David Maxwell, appears in a campaign ad endorsing Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Maxwell, who reported Paxton to the FBI and won a $6.6 million judgment, says Paxton ended his five‑decade career.
The Texas Tribune reported it asPaxton whistleblower endorses Talarico in Texas Senate race (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
The Texas Tribune reported it asGOP’s Trump-led midterm convention comes to Dallas this week (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
The Texas Tribune reported it asICE officer charged in Minnesota shooting turns himself in (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Texas hospitals are set to lose an estimated $27 million per day in Medicaid funding as the new fiscal year begins. The shortfall is due to the Trump administration withholding approval for approximately $9.8 billion in federal funds across three programs, primarily affecting the Comprehensive Hospital Increase Reimbursement Program (CHIRP).
The Texas Tribune reported it asTexas hospitals to lose $27 million in Medicaid funding daily (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
A $1 fee added to Texas auto insurance policies in 2023, intended to combat catalytic converter theft, has funded the expansion of the Flock surveillance camera network. The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority has used at least $30 million of the collected fees for this purpose.
The Texas Tribune reported it asHow a $1 Texas insurance fee funded thousands of Flock cameras (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, is seeking to release deposition transcripts from a civil fraud case. The depositions involve Republican opponent Ken Paxton, who was connected to the company at the centre of the lawsuit. Paxton has denied previous allegations.
The Texas Tribune reported it asTalarico campaign will ask court to unseal Paxton depositions (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the release of Daniel Tirado Pantoja, a witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent in Houston. Pantoja was one of three passengers in the vehicle and had been detained since the July 7 incident.
The Texas Tribune reported it asFederal judge orders release of Houston ICE shooting witness (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott paused construction in Big Bend National Park on Monday after bipartisan criticism. The move follows concerns from Texas officials and local residents about environmental damage and the project's necessity.
The Texas Tribune reported it asTrump administration pausing Big Bend construction (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
A Texas federal judge’s ruling striking down federal regulations on firearm suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and shotguns took effect after the U.S. Justice Department did not file an appeal by the court-imposed deadline. The decision removes restrictions for qualifying owners.
The Texas Tribune reported it asLimits on certain firearms, silencers lifted for now in Texas (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
Tests on a white crystal-like substance found in the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot dead by ICE officers in Houston on 7 July, showed it was not methamphetamine. The family claims it was a homemade electrolyte mixture, while ICE initially alleged the van was weaponised.
The Texas Tribune reported it asU.S. attorney: Tests found no meth after Houston ICE shooting (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
The Texas Tribune reported it asAppeals court restores Texas’ mail ID ballot requirements (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
A baby diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was born in Texas after his surrogate mother refused the biological parents' request for an abortion. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a court order requiring hospitals to provide life-saving care, while the parents and surrogate fight over custody and medical decisions.
The Texas Tribune reported it asBaby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas (opens The Texas Tribune in a new tab)
The Trump administration has started building patrol roads, vehicle barriers and surveillance infrastructure in Big Bend National Park, Texas, as part of a border security project. Local residents, officials and environmental groups oppose the work, which began on 6 August, citing low illegal crossing rates and ecological damage.
The Texas Tribune reported it asPaxton stays quiet on Big Bend wall as Texas Republicans revolt (opens The Texas Tribune 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
- The Texas TribuneIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
- Official site
- texastribune.org
- Seen publishing on
- texastribune.org, feeds.texastribune.org
- 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
- 22
- Reports listed
- 22
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
21 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.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Texas Tribune ran the story anyway.
Across the 22 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Texas Tribune’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 9 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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