WSLS media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSLS in the centre. We have seen it on 138 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WSLS biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSLS in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WSLS left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSLS in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WSLS reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WSLS are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WSLS has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WSLS’s own report linked underneath.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed María Montserrat Alvarado as the Vatican's new communications chief. She is the first woman to hold the position, replacing Paolo Ruffini and suggesting a move towards a more informal communication approach.
WSLS reported it asPope introduces new communications chief who shows a more informal approach (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Donald Trump blamed Democrats and voters for a significant stock market drop on Thursday, stating the market suffered one of its worst days in history due to election results. The Nasdaq fell more than 5 percent, with AI-related companies heavily impacted.
WSLS reported it asJapan's stock benchmark Nikkei tumbles more than 6% after trading opens (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Federal prosecutors have charged five Ecuadorians, including the son of a former president and a former legislator, with trafficking cocaine to the United States and Europe. The drug was allegedly hidden in tuna shipments.
WSLS reported it asUS charges son of Ecuador's former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Hundreds of thousands of people protested across France on Thursday during a nationwide strike called by unions demanding higher wages and better public services. The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors, and transport and other services faced disruption.
WSLS reported it asFrench unions unite for nationwide strikes, piling more pressure on Macron's government (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Iran's chief negotiator stated the ball is in the U.S. court to prevent renewed war, following what he described as a 'firm and rational response' from Tehran. The comments come amid reports of U.S. defensive strikes on Iranian targets.
WSLS reported it asIran's chief negotiator says the US must act to prevent renewed war, and other Mideast news (opens WSLS 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.
WSLS reported it asWhich key U.S. House, Senate races you should watch in the 2026 midterm elections (opens WSLS 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.
WSLS reported it asWhich key U.S. House, Senate races you should watch in the 2026 midterm elections (opens WSLS in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center has announced its 2026 honorees: Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet, and Barbara Mandrell. The ceremony will be moved from the venue for the first time due to a legal dispute involving President Donald Trump's renovation plans.
WSLS reported it asKennedy Center names the 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves the show offsite (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, buoyed by stabilising technology and AI stocks and a sharp drop in crude oil prices. Hopes for a US-Iran peace deal were cited as a factor in the oil price decline.
WSLS reported it asUS stocks recover some of last week's sell-off after oil prices drop (opens WSLS in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
WSLS reported it asTrump signals he'll give closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool, a revamp plagued by problems (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
WSLS reported it asFlash flooding triggers evacuations in Southwest and dire warning for Colorado spa town (opens WSLS in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
WSLS reported it asTrump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice (opens WSLS in a new tab)
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse histories and cultures of hundreds of tribal communities across the U.S. Reports highlight artists, families returning to subsistence gathering, and early childhood programs.
WSLS reported it asFrom salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November (opens WSLS in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
WSLS reported it asConsensus looks elusive at G20 talks after European objections to Russia cancel group photo (opens WSLS 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.
WSLS reported it asHugh Jackman, William Shatner and George Takei among those paying tribute to Patrick Stewart (opens WSLS in a new tab)
A federal judge has fixed a September 2027 trial date for Cole Tomas Allen, accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ dinner. Jury selection begins 7 September in Washington, D.C., and the case is expected to run three to four weeks.
WSLS reported it asSeptember 2027 trial date set for man charged with attacking White House correspondents’ dinner (opens WSLS in a new tab)
A vessel caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil trade route. Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed three oil tankers hit mines, but the status of the crew and the cause of the fires remain unclear.
WSLS reported it asIran says 3 oil tankers struck mines, and other Mideast news (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
WSLS reported it asDisinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates (opens WSLS in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
WSLS reported it asLocalized Russia-Ukraine ceasefire takes effect in Oleshky in deal brokered by Melania Trump (opens WSLS in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
WSLS reported it asLula’s win in Brazil bucks a regional shift to the right and denies Trump a powerful ally (opens WSLS 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Graham Media Groupunknowndirect owner
- Graham HoldingsMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
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
- 138
- Reports listed
- 140
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
139 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WSLS is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 138 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WSLS’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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