UnHerd media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give UnHerd one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 6 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is UnHerd biased?
The rating organisations do not give UnHerd one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is UnHerd left or right?
The rating organisations do not give UnHerd one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is UnHerd reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for UnHerd 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 UnHerd has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with UnHerd’s own report linked underneath.
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter-long embroidery from the 11th century, has arrived in London for an exhibition at the British Museum. Tickets have sold out for months, with the museum anticipating one million visitors before the exhibition closes in July 2027. The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
UnHerd reported it asWho owns the Bayeux Tapestry? (opens UnHerd in a new tab)
SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan has accused Prime Minister Andy Burnham of making numerous policy U-turns since becoming leader. Doogan cited specific policy areas where he claims Burnham has changed his stance, while a No 10 source defended the government's actions.
UnHerd reported it asAndy Burnham meets reality (opens UnHerd in a new tab)
Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, died days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations. His death has reignited discussions about the underrepresentation of Black academics in UK higher education and the scrutiny they face, with outlets divided over whether racism or academic standards were the driving force.
UnHerd reported it asThe Jason Arday delusion (opens UnHerd in a new tab)
Iran has dismissed reports of ceasefire extension talks with the US, stating the June interim deal never began and thus cannot be extended. A senior Iranian source told Reuters no discussions were held, while Turkey’s Anadolu agency reported a 60-day extension agreement, which both sides later denied.
UnHerd reported it asWelcome to Fortress Iran (opens UnHerd in a new tab)
Iran has reorganised its military command, appointing hardline leaders to key roles as it adopts a more aggressive posture. The US says it can maintain a blockade on Iranian ports indefinitely, while Houthi drone strikes on Saudi Aramco refineries push oil prices higher. No left-rated outlet covered the story.
UnHerd reported it asWelcome to Fortress Iran (opens UnHerd in a new tab)
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week” that the first wave of progressive rhetoric, which she labelled “Woke 1”, was “crazy”. She made the remark while discussing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, who has faced criticism for past social media posts calling to abolish prisons and cancel Thanksgiving.
UnHerd reported it as‘Woke One’ derailed my life (opens UnHerd 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for UnHerd.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- unherd.com
- Seen publishing on
- unherd.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
- 6
- Reports listed
- 6
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
6 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. UnHerd is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 6 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of UnHerd: its report arrived a median of 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 21 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 13 September 2026. Ratings pulled 6 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as UnHerd, also publishing from United Kingdom, 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 UnHerd 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.
Report something wrong on this page
Anything we correct is written up in the public corrections log. We do not publish reader votes as a rating, because an unattributed rating is the thing this site exists to argue against.
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.