ABC News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give ABC News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 328 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC News biased?
The rating organisations do not give ABC News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give ABC News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is ABC News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC News 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 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC News’s own report linked underneath.
Russia has demanded that Japan remove US-made Typhon missile systems from its territory, citing them as a threat to its security. Moscow sent a protest note on September 3, with China also expressing concern.
ABC News reported it asRussia lodges protest with Japan over US Typhoon missile deployment (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Scientists are engineering soybeans with deeper root systems to improve climate resilience and enhance carbon sequestration. The Salk Institute, with funding from the Bezos Earth Fund, is leading this research, identifying and editing genes to promote root growth and carbon storage.
ABC News reported it asScientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Russia's economy is experiencing growing friction due to extensive military spending, leading to a ballooning budget deficit, increased consumer and business pessimism, and slower growth. While economists do not anticipate an imminent financial crisis, long-term structural erosion is a concern.
ABC News reported it asRussia's wartime economy faces long-term erosion from debt and military spending (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at a conference for the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, which he formerly chaired. He told attendees they had a friend in the Trump White House and highlighted administration actions to alter vaccine guidance.
ABC News reported it asKennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official convicted of corruption, has fled the U.S. for Greece before his sentencing. He travelled by boat and plane, and his dual citizenship may prevent extradition.
ABC News reported it asEx-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption (opens ABC News in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
ABC News reported it asKennedy Center says building closed temporarily due to 'acute risks to public safety' (opens ABC News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump was photographed on Air Force One looking at a poster that appeared to read 'Kennedy Center DEMOLIS[HED]'. The image emerged as the Kennedy Center has been surrounded by fencing and amid a court examination of its controversial closure.
ABC News reported it asTrump photographed with 'Kennedy Center Demolished' sign as venue says closure 'temporary' (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Huawei has announced plans to release four new Ascend AI chips within the next three years, aiming to compete with Nvidia. The Ascend 950 chip will feature proprietary high-bandwidth memory, a key technological advancement for China. The company also plans new computing power supernodes.
ABC News reported it asHuawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
ABC News reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine's capital injures at least 16 (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
ABC News reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine's capital injures at least 16 (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
ABC News reported it asCarney to address EU Parliament after Trump says 'membership possible hostile act' (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
ABC News reported it asRussia’s parliamentary vote features no real opposition to Putin's policies (opens ABC News in a new tab)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks scheduled for this weekend. The discussions aim to prevent the bifurcation of AI systems between the two countries.
ABC News reported it asA global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong Blocks Warrantless Immigration Arrests in Southern California
Trust 42U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine a person is likely to escape. The order applies to the Central District of California and follows a lawsuit by immigrant advocacy groups.
ABC News reported it asFederal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California (opens ABC News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump reportedly had a heated exchange with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty during a Kennedy Center board call. A federal judge blocked attempts to add Trump's name to the building, a decision the Justice Department has appealed.
ABC News reported it asTrump says Kennedy Center could be 'ripped down' if he doesn't get 'recognition' (opens ABC News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
ABC News reported it asPark Service awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course (opens ABC News in a new tab)
An Argentine judge has ordered companies to cease oilfield development near the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-standing sovereignty dispute with the UK. The ruling mandates a halt to drilling pending an environmental review, while Argentina also prepares new legal complaints and tougher sanctions.
ABC News reported it asArgentine judge orders halt to Falklands oil project as tensions with Britain rise (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Myanmar state media reported the deportation of US businessman Adam Castillo after he spent months in jail. Supporters claim the charges against him were fabricated. The Washington Post reported Castillo had been jailed for three months.
ABC News reported it asUS businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Two Republican members of the House of Representatives from Iowa voted in favour of a war powers resolution aimed at halting military action in Iran. This vote was the first of its kind for these two representatives.
ABC News reported it asIowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt the Iran war (opens ABC News in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on certain South African nationals, citing race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures. South Africa has rejected the US allegations, stating the measures are based on mischaracterised policies and fringe group information.
ABC News reported it asTrump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites (opens ABC News 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
- The Walt Disney CompanyMedia 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
- 328
- Reports listed
- 335
- We could read
- 43
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
292 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 43 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 64 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and ABC News ran the story anyway.
Across the 328 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than ABC News’s on 13 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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