Town & Country media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Town & Country one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 17 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Town & Country biased?
The rating organisations do not give Town & Country one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Town & Country left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Town & Country one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are 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 Town & Country reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Town & Country are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Town & Country has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Town & Country’s own report linked underneath.
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the honorary title of Papal Confrater of the College of St George at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The announcement from Buckingham Palace marks the anniversary of King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the Vatican.
Town & Country reported it asKing Charles Just Broke a 500-Year Tradition (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
Town & Country reported it asHere Are the Museums in Paris That Will Be Closed This Weekend (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Weekend unrest in France left roughly 3,000 shops damaged and could generate claims exceeding €13 billion. Authorities launched a digital tool to identify looters, and insurers prepared to assist, though coverage may be limited.
Town & Country reported it asHere Are the Museums in Paris That Will Be Closed This Weekend (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
King Charles III will welcome the Sultan of Oman to the UK for a state visit on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The visit, the first by an Omani Sultan in 44 years, aims to bolster cooperation and discuss regional developments.
Town & Country reported it asPrincess Anne Wears Her Go-To Meander Tiara for the Oman State Banquet (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Barack Obama accepted an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, later addressing crowds on the importance of peace and democracy. He spoke about the Good Friday Agreement and the current situation in Gaza and Israel.
Town & Country reported it asFormer President Obama Receives Honorary Degree in Northern Ireland (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
A federal judge has temporarily halted tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C. Preservation groups reported over 500 trees were removed over the weekend as part of a project to convert the course into a golf venue.
Town & Country reported it asFederal Judge Halts Trump Administration’s Tree Demolition at East Potomac Golf Course (opens Town & Country 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.
Town & Country reported it asPope Leo to Undergo Lung Surgery This Week (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
Town & Country reported it asA South African Lawyer Who Has Defended Anti-Apartheid Activists, Including Nelson Mandela, Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
Town & Country reported it asA South African Lawyer Who Has Defended Anti-Apartheid Activists, Including Nelson Mandela, Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that draws on classical tradition to create new forms for contemporary literature.
Town & Country reported it asHow to Read All of Anne Carson’s Books in Order (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Prince Harry has spoken about experiencing an "adrenaline crash" and a two-week period of depression after relocating to Canada in late 2019. He also discussed his long-term struggle with grief following his mother Princess Diana's death.
Town & Country reported it asWhat Prince Harry Reveals in His New MasterClass on Grief (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Earl Charles Spencer claims King Charles sounded 'euphoric' and 'like a lottery winner' in a phone call shortly after Princess Diana's death in 1997. Buckingham Palace has responded, stating that grief can affect memory.
Town & Country reported it asPrincess Diana’s Brother Claims King Charles Sounded ‘Like a Lottery Winner’ After Princess Diana’s Death in New Book (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Town & Country reported it asWhy President Trump Is Not in New York for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled its planned 2027 Met Gala exhibition featuring designer John Galliano. The decision follows significant backlash over the designer's past antisemitic and racist comments.
Town & Country reported it asThe John Galliano Met Gala Will Not Take Place Following Backlash (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the United Kingdom after six years in the US, but will not resume their roles as working royals. Their children will attend British schools from September, and King Charles III was informed of the decision on 16 August 2026.
Town & Country reported it asPrince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Moving Back to the UK With Their Kids (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
An appellate court ordered construction halted on Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, ruling Congress must authorise it. Trump now calls the $400m project a 'military complex' and has asked the Supreme Court to intervene, citing security threats.
Town & Country reported it asTrump Tries to Rebrand His White House Ballroom to a “Military Complex” (opens Town & Country in a new tab)
New Mexico filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing them of withholding unredacted files critical to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. The state says repeated requests for information were ignored or denied, hindering its probe into alleged sex crimes.
Town & Country reported it asNew Mexico Sues Trump Administration Over the Epstein Files (opens Town & Country 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
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Town & Country.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- townandcountrymag.com
- Seen publishing on
- townandcountrymag.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
- 17
- Reports listed
- 17
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
17 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 2 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Town & Country ran the story anyway.
Across the 17 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Town & Country’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 30 October 2026. Ratings pulled 3 October 2026.
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