The Washington Free Beacon
US OutletThe Washington Free Beacon is a privately owned, for-profit online newspaper launched on February 7, 2012.
Since Then's combined political orientation rating is Right.
Recorded confidence: Medium Confidence. This describes rating agreement, not factual accuracy.
Original evidence links are missing for some recorded ratings, or the ratings were imported without a documented original review.
Stories with The Washington Free Beacon coverage
These stories include reporting from The Washington Free Beacon. Each story brings together a matter's updates and coverage from different outlets.
- The Federal Reserve's interest rates, from the 2022 hikes to the 2026 reversal
- The 2024 presidential debates, from Biden vs. Trump to Harris vs. Trump
- Iran and Israel's first direct strikes on each other, in April and October 2024
- The Israel-Hezbollah war of 2023-24, from the border clashes to the ceasefire
- The Israel-Hamas war: the protests in the US over the war
- Evan Gershkovich's trial in Russia and the 2024 prisoner swap that freed him
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 CheckRight | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: date unknown Evidence checked: Oct 4, 2026 |
| AllSidesRight | Original rating page ↗ Recorded: Jun 7, 2026 Evidence checked: Oct 4, 2026 |
Imported rating: the original review was not documented. A later evidence check does not reconstruct that review date.
On our coverage graphs
Counted as Right, from the raters' rating above. How we count coverage