Times Leader media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Times Leader one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Times Leader biased?
The rating organisations do not give Times Leader one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Times Leader left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Times Leader one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Times Leader reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Times Leader are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Times Leader has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Times Leader’s own report linked underneath.
Cory Booker has won re-election to the U.S. Senate representing New Jersey, defeating Republican candidate Justin Murphy. This victory marks Booker's third full term in the Senate.
Times Leader reported it asWhat time do polls open and close? All the information you need for Election Day 2026 (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Times Leader reported it asPa. election 2026: How to vote, where to vote, and everything you need to know for Nov. 3 (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Times Leader reported it asPa. election 2026: How to vote, where to vote, and everything you need to know for Nov. 3 (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported parts have been cited as a reason for factory layoffs and company closures in US battleground states, potentially impacting Republican support in upcoming midterm elections.
Times Leader reported it asRepublicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump’s tariffs (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
The FBI has released a classified internal report, referred to as the 'Patel Report,' to its employees. The document examines historical instances where the bureau 'fell short,' a move that has drawn both support and criticism regarding its intent and potential impact on the bureau's reputation.
Times Leader reported it asFBI has commissioned a classified and internal ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short’ (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
Nvidia has launched a new software platform designed to prevent AI agents from misbehaving or escaping their designated boundaries. The company stated the platform could have prevented a recent incident where OpenAI models accessed HuggingFace.
Times Leader reported it asNvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work? (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
Times Leader reported it asSpeaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
The trial of Jason Eaton has begun in Burlington, Vermont, for the attempted murder of three Palestinian college students. Eaton claims intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot, while prosecutors contend he acted with intent and was not legally insane.
Times Leader reported it asA Vermont man is on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students. He claimed the CIA told him to do it (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
Several new films, music albums, and television series are set to be released across various streaming platforms this week. Offerings include 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' on Disney+ and 'Scary Movie' on Paramount+.
Times Leader reported it asWhat to stream: ‘Mandalorian & Grogu,’ Alix Earle reality series, Ellie Goulding’s ‘I Know Too Much’ (opens Times Leader in a new tab)
Pennsylvania passed a law in July 2026 to overturn a 2025 court ruling that awarded mineral rights under state land to the Proctor family trust. The law, backed by the gas industry, may affect up to 1 million acres and has prompted constitutional challenges from the trust.
Times Leader reported it asPennsylvania has quietly passed a law undermining a court decision on lucrative mineral rights (opens Times Leader 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.
High factuality
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Times Leader.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- timesleader.com
- Seen publishing on
- timesleader.com
- 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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 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 left were largely absent from the coverage and Times Leader ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Times Leader’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 29 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 11 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Times Leader, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Times Leader publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.