ABC 13 Houston media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give ABC 13 Houston one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 136 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC 13 Houston biased?
The rating organisations do not give ABC 13 Houston one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; 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 ABC 13 Houston left or right?
The rating organisations do not give ABC 13 Houston one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is ABC 13 Houston reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC 13 Houston 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 ABC 13 Houston has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC 13 Houston’s own report linked underneath.
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asMaine 2026 live midterm election results (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asEuropean grocery chains' freezers, refrigerators targeted in apparent cyberattacks (opens ABC 13 Houston 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.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asTrump to deliver remarks in front of the revamped Reflecting Pool (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asAttorneys for James Comey return to court to fight DOJ's efforts to charge him for 3rd time (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asBinance estimates security breach impact at $6.3 billion (opens ABC 13 Houston 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.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asSeptember 2027 trial date set for man charged with attacking White House correspondents’ dinner (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asMother of 3-year-old soccer player speaks out after police called on her during game (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
ABC 13 Houston reported it asMan who allegedly sent white substance to members of Congress put his address on envelopes: DOJ (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, warning investors about potential catastrophic or existential risks to humanity from advanced AI systems. The company detailed these concerns in its IPO paperwork, dedicating a significant portion to risk factors.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asRisks spelled out for Anthropic investors include possible harms from runaway AI (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asTrump offers $1M reward for voter fraud tips that result in conviction (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Dictionary.com has selected 'Maxxing' as its 2026 Word of the Year. The term signifies an effort to maximize and optimize various life areas, gaining traction among Generation Z and Alpha.
ABC 13 Houston reported it as'Maxxing' named 2026 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asJudge reinstates Maurene Comey after ruling her firing unlawful (opens ABC 13 Houston 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.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asLula’s win in Brazil bucks a regional shift to the right and denies Trump a powerful ally (opens ABC 13 Houston 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.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asHarris County broke early-voting records in 2018, too. Democrats still lost. (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least five people were injured. Israel's military stated the men carried firearms. Following the incident, Israel ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asNetanyahu closes West Bank after thwarted potential ‘major attack’ (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Erika Kirk is pushing back against a defense proposal to delay the murder trial of Tyler Robinson until 2029. She is asking a judge to set a trial date in 2027, arguing that further delays will prolong the family's suffering and noting the significant cost of the defense.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asCharlie Kirk's family wants capital murder trial to start next year: Court filing (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchini charged at resident Michael Sawka during a council meeting, shouting threats. Bianchini stated he "snapped" due to comments about his family, while Sawka said his actions highlighted government spending.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asVideo shows New Jersey mayor charging at resident during council meeting (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Tibet on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring dozens, and collapsing hundreds of homes. China has ordered an extensive rescue operation in the remote, mountainous area.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asA 7.0 earthquake hits China’s Tibet, killing 16 and injuring 32 (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asRep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal search (opens ABC 13 Houston in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
ABC 13 Houston reported it asUrgent security fix issued for code vital to estimated 70% of all websites (opens ABC 13 Houston 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- ABC Owned Television StationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Disney Media & Entertainment DistributionCorporationparent group
- The Walt Disney CompanyMedia 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
- 136
- Reports listed
- 137
- We could read
- 9
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
128 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 9 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. ABC 13 Houston is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 136 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ABC 13 Houston: its report arrived a median of 29 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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