ABC 36 News media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places ABC 36 News in the centre. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC 36 News biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places ABC 36 News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ABC 36 News left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places ABC 36 News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is ABC 36 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC 36 News are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What ABC 36 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC 36 News’s own report linked underneath.
The FBI has ended its policy of automatically disqualifying all applicants with past sexual encounters with prostitutes. The bureau will now consider some candidates holistically, though certain past behaviours remain disqualifying.
ABC 36 News reported it asFBI to consider some applicants with history of prostitution under new hiring policy (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Russia's Ministry of Defence announced preparations for large-scale strikes targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Moscow stated these actions are in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian and energy facilities.
ABC 36 News reported it asRussian drone strike near Kyiv kills 37 after warehouse explosions (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Melissa Farris has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of destroying the World War II Memorial and government property. She is accused of spray painting the monument and filling a fountain with bubbles on August 13.
ABC 36 News reported it asKentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Ralph Alvarado, a Republican candidate for Kentucky's 6th congressional district, has removed references to Donald Trump and a photo of the two together from his campaign website. The shift in messaging occurred after Alvarado secured the Republican nomination in May.
ABC 36 News reported it asKentucky Democrats accuse Republican congressional candidate of scrubbing Trump from his website (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has temporarily suspended tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef. The stated aim is to lower consumer prices, but cattlemen's associations and some ranchers argue this will harm domestic producers and is a short-term fix.
ABC 36 News reported it asKentucky Cattlemen's Association opposes proposed tariff-free beef imports (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Enrollment in the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has fallen by more than 13% in a year, a rate steeper than government projections. This decline is attributed to new work requirements and administrative issues, with Arizona experiencing the most significant drop.
ABC 36 News reported it asTrump-backed SNAP changes lead to sharp cuts in food assistance (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
The UAE accused Iran of attacking two ADNOC vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on 13 August 2026, marking the second such incident in a week. No injuries were reported, and the UAE condemned the attack as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Iran has not commented.
ABC 36 News reported it as2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz, and other news from the Middle East (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalised on 13 August 2026 when soap bubbles flooded its fountains and pink graffiti reading 'Clean hands, dirty money' was sprayed on the stone. Police closed the area and are treating the incident as potential vandalism.
ABC 36 News reported it asWorld War II Memorial in Washington is vandalized with bubbles and graffiti, upsetting Trump (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Polish authorities arrested a Russian citizen on 7 August 2026, accusing him of plotting to kill a Ukrainian-American dual citizen in Warsaw. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the operation, carried out with US intelligence, was unprecedented as the first alleged Russian attempt to attack an American in a NATO state.
ABC 36 News reported it asPoland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired North Korean ballistic missiles at Zaporizhia on 11 August 2026, killing six civilians and wounding 19. Ukrainian military sources identified the weapons as KN-23 and KN-24 types. The attack damaged civilian infrastructure and coincided with drone strikes across Ukraine.
ABC 36 News reported it asRussian attacks kill 9 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Moscow is getting more North Korean missiles (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Seven people were killed and dozens injured in overnight exchanges of drone and missile strikes between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian attacks in Belgorod killed five, while Russian strikes in Kharkiv and Odesa killed two and injured 21, according to local officials.
ABC 36 News reported it asRussia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes that leave 7 dead, many injured (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Hunter Biden disclosed in a BBC Newsnight interview that his father’s prostate cancer has metastasised to his bones, causing significant pain. The former US president, 83, was later seen in public wearing a dark suit and using a cane. Outlets varied in emphasis, with left-rated reports focusing on the medical details and right-rated digests noting the political context.
ABC 36 News reported it asHunter Biden says Joe Biden’s cancer has spread, causing severe pain (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced she will vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, leaving the Trump administration two Republican defections short of confirmation. Blanche struck a deal to end the ‘anti-weaponization fund’ to secure committee approval, but Democrats and Collins oppose the pick.
ABC 36 News reported it asBlanche's attorney general confirmation is in doubt as GOP Sen. Murkowski opposes his nomination (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
ABC 36 News reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
A 24-year-old gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, killing three people before dying by suicide. The victims were named after a community vigil, while no right-rated outlet reported the incident.
ABC 36 News reported it asIn-N-Out Burger employee among 3 dead in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant, owner says (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
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Who owns it
- Morris MultimediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
14 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. ABC 36 News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ABC 36 News: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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