ABC FOX Montana media bias and reliability
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place ABC FOX Montana in the centre. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC FOX Montana biased?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place ABC FOX Montana in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ABC FOX Montana left or right?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place ABC FOX Montana in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is ABC FOX Montana reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC FOX Montana are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What ABC FOX Montana has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC FOX Montana’s own report linked underneath.
Documents obtained by multiple outlets reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its own design and workmanship flaws caused the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to blister and detach. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the damage resulted from a botched installation, and the government agreed to a $14.7 million repair payment.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asTrump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Analysis of prehistoric human remains from Indonesia has revealed evidence of habitual drug use dating back approximately 25,000 years. This predates agriculture and suggests humans may have been consuming psychoactive substances much earlier than previously understood.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asPeople got high on mind-bending drugs much earlier than initially believed (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Scientists estimate Mercury's diameter may have shrunk by up to 14 miles (23 kilometers), a figure 30% greater than earlier projections. The planet's hot iron core cooling and contracting is believed to be the cause, tightening its surface.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asMercury shrinking more than scientists previously thought (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
On 9 September 2026, a coalition of twenty U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed two lawsuits accusing the Trump administration of illegally weakening the Endangered Species Act. The suits target rules that narrow habitat protections and reduce safeguards for newly threatened species.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asWashington AG sues Fish and Wildlife Service for changing the Environmental Protection Act (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance stated the conflict with Iran is not a war and that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is nearly back to normal. President Trump is reportedly considering declaring victory.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asUS denies Iran's claim to have struck an unmanned ship, and other Mideast news (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has threatened to halt trade with countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. if the Federal Reserve does not lower interest rates. The ultimatum was issued in a Truth Social post on Friday.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asTrump trade threat puts focus on deficits and Fed rate debate (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
The US Department of Transportation has shut down between 110 and 270 commercial truck driving schools. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited English proficiency violations as the reason for the closures, which are part of a broader effort to combat fraud in the trucking industry.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asTrump administration shuts down 100+ truck driving schools (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has asked the state attorney general to investigate the conduct of U.S. Justice Department election observers during the state's primary election. Gordon described the observers' behaviour as "aggressive" and "irregular."
ABC FOX Montana reported it asWyoming governor requests investigation into activity of Justice Department monitors during primary (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asKaroline Leavitt says goodbye as White House press secretary (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Bearded capuchin monkeys hunt small animals like lizards and rodents when plant foods are scarce, according to a study published in PLOS One. Male monkeys hunt more frequently and target more dangerous prey than females, and both sexes prefer the fat-rich brains and guts of their prey.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asMonkeys hunt animals like lizards and snakes when fruit scarce (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Iran's currency, the rial, has reached a historic low, trading at over 2 million to the U.S. dollar on the open market. This comes as the United States prepares to announce new sanctions aimed at increasing economic pressure on Iran.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asBessent says new US sanctions aim to block all potential sources of revenue for Iran (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asUSDA proposes rescinding 25-year-old Roadless Rule, sparking debates about wildfire management (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on 18 August 2026 imposing new restrictions on data center development, including local approval requirements and removal from fast-track permitting. The move reverses his earlier support for such projects and follows bipartisan opposition to their environmental and energy impacts.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asShapiro signs data center order barring fast-track permitting, NDAs (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
A University of Vienna study used brain scans of twelve dogs to show that happy human faces activate the temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, while anger, fear and sadness produce distinct neural patterns. The findings, published in iScience, suggest dogs can differentiate between specific emotions.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asCan dogs tell fear from sadness? Brain scans may reveal answer (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak between 12 and 13 August 2026, with up to 100 meteors per hour visible. A partial solar eclipse will occur on 12 August, offering a rare dual celestial event. Outlets varied in emphasis on timing, visibility, and the eclipse's coincidence.
ABC FOX Montana reported it asThe Perseid meteor shower is one more reason for a late-summer road trip (opens ABC FOX Montana in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
- Cowles CompanyMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, United States
- Official site
- montanarightnow.com
- Seen publishing on
- montanarightnow.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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. ABC FOX Montana 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 FOX Montana: its report arrived a median of 22 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as ABC FOX Montana, 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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