The Economist
Foreign OutletSince Then's combined political orientation rating is Center.
Recorded confidence: High Confidence. This describes rating agreement, not factual accuracy.
Stories with The Economist coverage
These stories include reporting from The Economist. Each story brings together a matter's updates and coverage from different outlets.
- The Houthis' attacks on Red Sea shipping and the US and Israeli strikes on Yemen
- The Israel-Hamas war: the hostages and the ceasefire talks, 2023-2025
- FTX's collapse and Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction
- The 2023 House speaker fights, from McCarthy's 15 ballots to Mike Johnson
- The warnings, failures and inquiries around the October 7 attack
- Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, conviction and 11-year sentence
Recorded ratings
These are the raters' published categories, not Since Then assessments of factual accuracy. Dates show when we recorded or checked the evidence, not when a rater reviewed the outlet.
Rater panel
| Rater and rating | Evidence and dates |
|---|---|
| Media Bias / Fact CheckLeast Biased | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
| Ad Fontes MediaMiddle | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
| AllSidesLean Left | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: May 20, 2026 |
On our coverage graphs
Not counted as left, center or right. It is an international outlet, and the graphs show how American outlets covered a story. How we count coverage
Editorial note
British weekly. Mostly paywalled — RSS often returns headlines only. AllSides removed The Economist (Lean Left) for further research in v7; current public rating is Lean Left.