ABC Columbia media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places ABC Columbia in the centre. We have seen it on 87 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC Columbia biased?
Ad Fontes Media places ABC Columbia in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ABC Columbia left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places ABC Columbia in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is ABC Columbia reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC Columbia are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What ABC Columbia has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC Columbia’s own report linked underneath.
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
ABC Columbia reported it asYoung voters led a sharp shift toward Democrats in the 2026 midterms, The AP Voter Poll finds (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
ABC Columbia reported it asYoung voters led a sharp shift toward Democrats in the 2026 midterms, The AP Voter Poll finds (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
The Trump administration has announced $15 billion in aid for agriculture producers, intended to mitigate increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. The package includes direct payments, guaranteed loans, and commodity purchases, with details emerging in the weeks before the midterm elections.
ABC Columbia reported it asTrump administration promises US farmers $15 billion in the weeks before the midterms (opens ABC Columbia 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 Columbia reported it asFar from the campaign trail, Trump promotes his Reflecting Pool makeover before Election Day (opens ABC Columbia 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 Columbia reported it asVote 2026 Coverage- Election Day is Tuesday (opens ABC Columbia 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.
ABC Columbia reported it asVote 2026 Coverage- Election Day is Tuesday (opens ABC Columbia 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 Columbia reported it as$6 billion stolen from world's largest crypto exchange (opens ABC Columbia 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.
ABC Columbia reported it as'Star Trek,' 'X-Men' star Patrick Stewart dies at 86 (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Average gasoline prices during Donald Trump's second term have surpassed those during Joe Biden's term. This development comes as voters express dissatisfaction with fuel costs, with a significant majority disapproving of Trump's handling of the issue.
ABC Columbia reported it asGas prices higher under Trump than under Biden administration (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
ABC Columbia reported it asAnthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Elon Musk has contributed more than $445 million to the US election cycle, supporting Republican campaigns for the midterm elections. His political action committee, America PAC, has spent millions backing GOP candidates in key Senate and House races.
ABC Columbia reported it asMusk gives $400 million to GOP campaigns (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a new rule to restrict American investments in sensitive technologies like artificial intelligence and supercomputing in countries including China, Russia, and North Korea. The move aims to prevent adversaries from using U.S. capital to enhance their military power.
ABC Columbia reported it asUS Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting field operations to identify noncitizen voters in nine states. The order cites concerns that the department's efforts rely on flawed data that may include U.S. citizens.
ABC Columbia reported it asFederal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in 9 states (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
The Trump administration is on track to deport approximately 660,000 people in its past year, a 26% increase compared to the Biden administration's yearly average. Voluntary departures are at an all-time high, but most deported individuals have no criminal convictions.
ABC Columbia reported it asDeportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, a new report finds (opens ABC Columbia 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 Columbia reported it asAi helps uncover security flaw (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher, has been released by Russia after nearly five years of detention. He was convicted of serving as a mercenary. The release was announced by former President Donald Trump, who stated Russia demanded nothing in return.
ABC Columbia reported it asRussia frees American Stephen Hubbard after over 4 years behind bars, during a visit by US envoy (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote women's health, establishing a new division within the National Institutes of Health and a specialized task force. Melania Trump spearheaded the initiative, which observers noted was accompanied by an apparent attempt to avoid a kiss from the President.
ABC Columbia reported it asTrump will sign an order aimed at boosting women's health research, a plan backed by the first lady (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Investments in pharmaceutical companies on behalf of President Donald Trump reportedly increased substantially after his return to the White House. A report from congressional Democrats details a rise in stock holdings in firms that benefited from Medicare drug price negotiation exemptions.
ABC Columbia reported it asTrump increased investments in drugmakers that benefited from Medicare exemptions, Democrats say (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that recent Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries did not cause significant damage. He also said Russia would respond to the attacks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on European countries' "destructive position" regarding Russian diesel exports.
ABC Columbia reported it asUkraine abandons truce and attacks Russian oil refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump (opens ABC Columbia in a new tab)
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that large‑scale oil, gas and mineral exploration will start soon in Greenland, claiming the island holds more readily available oil than almost any other country and is strategically unparalleled for US and European defence. A September security deal permits new US bases and a missile‑defence system, and former envoy Jeff Landry was named to push Greenland’s integration into the United States.
ABC Columbia reported it asOil, gas drilling to begin in Greenland, President Trump claims (opens ABC Columbia 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.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
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.
High factuality
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
- Bahakel CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
- Official site
- abccolumbia.com
- Seen publishing on
- abccolumbia.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 87
- Reports listed
- 89
- We could read
- 6
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
83 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 6 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. ABC Columbia is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 87 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ABC Columbia: its report arrived a median of 30 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as ABC Columbia, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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