thecount.com media bias and reliability
thecount.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is thecount.com biased?
thecount.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is thecount.com left or right?
thecount.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is thecount.com reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for thecount.com. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What thecount.com has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with thecount.com’s own report linked underneath.
Four people were shot in Washington D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood early Thursday. Police responded to multiple locations and sent agents to the scene. Nearby schools were placed on lockdown as authorities urged the public to avoid the area.
thecount.com reported it asGunman Dies by Suicide After Deadly DC VIDA Gym Mass Shooting (opens thecount.com 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.
thecount.com reported it asPatrick Stewart, Star Trek Captain Picard, Dies (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Tibet on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring dozens, and collapsing hundreds of homes. China has ordered an extensive rescue operation in the remote, mountainous area.
thecount.com reported it as7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Tibet-Qinghai Border Region In China (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Laken Snelling, a former University of Kentucky cheerleader, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of her newborn son. The baby's body was discovered in a closet in August 2025. Snelling pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree manslaughter.
thecount.com reported it asFormer Cheerleader Laken Snelling Sentenced To 10 Years In Newborn Son’s Death (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
thecount.com reported it asGA Man Hassan Kariem ID’d As Victim In Monday Fatal Six Flags Roller Coaster Incident (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
thecount.com reported it asDeath Row Inmate Christa Pike Execution Cleared To Proceed By Supreme Court After Last-Minute Stay (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Ethel Caterham, the world's oldest person, celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday, August 21. Born in 1909, she has lived through two World Wars and survived Covid-19. She met King Charles III in September 2025.
thecount.com reported it as'Never Argue, Listen, Do What I Like' World's Oldest Person Turns 117 (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
A defendant who turned herself in to Capitol Police on 27 January 2025 was sentenced to 63 months in prison after admitting to planning to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English carried a knife, two Molotov cocktails and additional incendiary materials.
thecount.com reported it asTrans Defendant Ryan Michael English Gets 6 Years in Prison Over Scott Bessent Murder Plot (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
thecount.com reported it asHayden Panettiere Gave Full Custody Of Only Daughter To Boxer Wladimir Klitschko (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a Dallas County court case to ensure life-saving medical treatment for baby Gabriel, diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The surrogate mother, McKenna West, traveled from Alaska to Texas after the intended parents sought to abort the pregnancy due to the defect.
thecount.com reported it asSurrogate McKenna West Gives Birth To Baby With Severe Heart Defect After Refusing Abortion (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Apple removed Telegram from the iOS App Store globally after a review found child sexual abuse material, then restored it once the content was deleted and the user banned. Existing installations continued to work during the removal.
thecount.com reported it asTelegram Vanishes From Apple App Store Hours After Viral Epstein Files X Post (opens thecount.com in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed thecount.com. We asked on 8 November 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for thecount.com.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- thecount.com
- Seen publishing on
- thecount.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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
11 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. thecount.com has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count 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, we logged no report earlier than thecount.com’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 13 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 14 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 13 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 November 2026.
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