abc10 News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place abc10 News in the centre. We have seen it on 27 published stories of ours.
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Is abc10 News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place abc10 News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is abc10 News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place abc10 News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is abc10 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for abc10 News are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What abc10 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with abc10 News’s own report linked underneath.
Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force is removing hundreds of thousands of enrollments from the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges. The action targets 760,000 individual accounts for allegedly unauthorized and fraudulent applications, with an estimated $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds expected to be saved.
abc10 News reported it asTrump admin cancels Obamacare coverage for 760,000, citing improper signups (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly included numerous claims that have been disputed by experts and official reports. These assertions covered topics from U.S. munitions stockpiles and global oil reserves to his record on settling wars and climate change warnings.
abc10 News reported it asTrump claims Iran is waiting until after midterm elections to strike deal (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Paramount has settled lawsuits brought by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America concerning its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlements pave the way for the $81 billion deal to proceed, pending final court approval.
abc10 News reported it asParamount reportedly reaches deal to settle case challenging Warner buyout (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Three major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging a violation of First Amendment rights after their White House press credentials were revoked. The outlets seek immediate restoration of access.
abc10 News reported it asCNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue Trump administration over White House access (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order mandating state agencies to develop recommendations for strengthening AI safety laws. The order calls for a team of experts to propose new regulations within two months, potentially including a 'kill switch' for AI programs.
abc10 News reported it asGovernor Newsom signs executive order for AI 'kill switch' amid apocalyptic warnings from top companies (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
abc10 News reported it asIran war cost tens of billions and strained US weapons supply, watchdog says (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region following a Ukrainian drone attack. The fire was extinguished, and regional officials reported that 65 drones were shot down over the area.
abc10 News reported it asDiesel prices set a new record as Trump calls on Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
abc10 News reported it asEPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that it is 'deeply unfair' for individuals assigned male at birth to compete against girls in sports. He acknowledged struggling to find a fair solution, aligning with a broader trend of Democrats recalibrating their approach to transgender issues amid Republican political attacks.
abc10 News reported it asSome Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
abc10 News reported it asSecond federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
abc10 News reported it asSurrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 new laws designed to shield minors from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots. The legislation includes penalties for companies found negligent and restrictions on addictive online content.
abc10 News reported it asCalifornia governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
abc10 News reported it asNation remembers victims of 9/11 as US marks 25 years since attacks (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
State coastal officials have approved plans for the United States' largest kelp farm, to be built 6 miles off the Ventura County coast. The project by Ocean Rainforest could produce up to 6,000 tons of kelp annually.
abc10 News reported it asCalifornia officials allow plans for the country’s biggest kelp farm to move forward (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
A former volunteer has filed a lawsuit against nonprofits tied to labor leader Cesar Chavez, alleging sexual abuse by him decades ago and that the organizations failed to investigate her complaints. The suit names the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation as defendants.
abc10 News reported it asLawsuit accuses civil rights icon Cesar Chavez of sexual assault, claims union covered it up (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
abc10 News reported it asOil hits $100 again. Here’s why consumers could feel it soon (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
abc10 News reported it asWhat to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump's unusual midterm convention (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
abc10 News reported it asTrump administration defends authority to start work on massive DC arch (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 200-day Middle East mission amid crew welfare concerns
Trust 78The USS Abraham Lincoln reached Thailand after a 200-day deployment in the Middle East, the longest continuous sea duty in modern US Navy history. Reports of supply shortages, morale problems, and a possible suicide attempt prompted a Senate inquiry and a replacement carrier dispatch.
abc10 News reported it asAircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after months of combat in Middle East (opens abc10 News in a new tab)
Chevron announced plans to invest over $7 billion in Venezuela, targeting 600,000 barrels per day by 2031. The deal follows a US government push to revive Venezuela’s oil industry, including Pentagon profit-sharing, but analysts question its legal and political durability.
abc10 News reported it asChevron, Trump administration move forward on ambitious Venezuela oil plans (opens abc10 News 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- E. W. Scripps CompanyCorporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Poway, San Diego County, California, United States
- Official site
- 10news.com
- Seen publishing on
- 10news.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
- 27
- Reports listed
- 27
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
27 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. abc10 News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 27 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than abc10 News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 25 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 25 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
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