themidwesterner.news media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places themidwesterner.news as leaning right. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is themidwesterner.news biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places themidwesterner.news as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is themidwesterner.news left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places themidwesterner.news as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is themidwesterner.news reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for themidwesterner.news are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What themidwesterner.news has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with themidwesterner.news’s own report linked underneath.
A former Michigan NICU nurse, Kieran L. Ansley, has been charged with child abuse. The charges stem from injuries discovered on a premature infant girl who had spent months in hospital. Court records indicate the baby suffered multiple fractures and bruising.
themidwesterner.news reported it asTrans nurse faces felonies for abusing premature newborn at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
A Michigan student confronted U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a town hall about his stance on Iran. The student, Iman Dashti, cited family persecution by the Iranian government and asked El-Sayed if he stood with Iranians opposing the regime.
themidwesterner.news reported it asAbdul El-Sayed declines to directly condemn Iran's IRGC when confronted by Michigan student - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Far-left streamer Hasan Piker stated that the United States causes more deaths globally than al-Qaeda. His remarks have drawn criticism from Republicans and scrutiny for Democrats associated with him, including Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
themidwesterner.news reported it asWilliam Lawrence praised Hasan Piker, the streamer who claimed America worse than al-Qaeda 'pound for pound' - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Michigan environmental regulators are reviewing permits for the Line 5 tunnel project following a state Supreme Court decision. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has also urged Enbridge CEO Gregory Ebel to shut down the pipeline within months.
themidwesterner.news reported it asCONFUSION: Gretchen Whitmer admin now 'rethinking' Line 5 permit approvals - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee for Michigan's 7th Congressional District, deleted hundreds of old social media posts. The posts included calls for police and prison abolition, nationalizing fossil-fuel companies, and attacking moderate Democrats. Lawrence has since stated some of his past views are out of step with his current beliefs.
themidwesterner.news reported it asWilliam Lawrence ripped moderate Dem Joe Manchin: 'F*ck you for everything' - 'Hurry up and die' - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
The House of Representatives voted to adopt a resolution condemning socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America. The measure passed largely along party lines, though eight Democrats joined Republicans in support. The resolution also included language backing President Trump’s priority voting rights legislation.
themidwesterner.news reported it asRep. Kristen McDonald Rivet votes against House resolution condemning 'socialism in all its forms' - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed implied Vice President JD Vance's family might not have embraced his wife, Usha Vance. Usha Vance responded by stating she laughed and that JD Vance's parents raised loving children.
themidwesterner.news reported it asMichigan Republicans, Indian-American leaders condemn El-Sayed remarks about Usha Vance - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed asked Fox News host Jesse Watters if he was circumcised during an interview. The question came as they discussed gender-affirming care for minors, with El-Sayed defending his position by comparing it to circumcision.
themidwesterner.news reported it asAbdul El-Sayed open to installing wind turbines in Lake Michigan - The Midwesterner (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged five non-U.S. citizens with voting in the 2024 presidential election and one U.S. citizen with registering a non-citizen spouse. The cases stem from 38 referrals by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office, with 22 still under review.
themidwesterner.news reported it asAG Nessel charges noncitizens for voting in 2024 Michigan election despite SOS Benson’s repeated assurances of ‘clean voter lists’ (opens themidwesterner.news in a new tab)
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, told CNN he would use subpoena power to investigate the Trump administration if Democrats win a Senate majority in 2026. Right-rated outlets carried the remarks; no left- or centre-rated outlet reported them.
themidwesterner.news reported it asAbdul El-Sayed called for U.S. taxpayer ‘massive investment in green technology and infrastructure’ (opens themidwesterner.news 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.
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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
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Who owns it
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Where it publishes from
- Official site
- themidwesterner.news
- Seen publishing on
- themidwesterner.news
- 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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 12 August 2026
10 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 1 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and themidwesterner.news ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of themidwesterner.news: its report arrived a median of 32 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 26 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 26 September 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
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