AZ Family - Phoenix media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AZ Family - Phoenix in the centre. We have seen it on 37 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is AZ Family - Phoenix biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AZ Family - Phoenix in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is AZ Family - Phoenix left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AZ Family - Phoenix in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is AZ Family - Phoenix reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for AZ Family - Phoenix 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 AZ Family - Phoenix has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with AZ Family - Phoenix’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asTrump responds as voters deliver rebuke by flipping key GOP-held Senate seats (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asTrump responds as voters deliver rebuke by flipping key GOP-held Senate seats (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Democrat Katie Hobbs has won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican Andy Biggs. Early returns showed Hobbs with a commanding lead, securing her second term in office.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asKatie Hobbs defeats Andy Biggs to win second term as Arizona governor, CBS News projects (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
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.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens AZ Family - Phoenix 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.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asJudge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it as19 homes evacuated as Oak Creek floods parts of Sedona (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
The US Army conducted a large-scale exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to practice mass burial procedures for the first time in decades. The training simulated burying up to 2,400 bodies per day in preparation for high-intensity conflicts with mass casualties.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asUS Army practices digging mass battlefield graves (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asObama doubles down on ‘Cheesecake Factory’ joke after criticism from Trump (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asObama doubles down on ‘Cheesecake Factory’ joke after criticism from Trump (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asBodycam video shows moments after parents say cops were called on 3-year-old for being ‘too good’ at soccer (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Rapper Nicki Minaj announced her continued support for Donald Trump at a Republican rally in Michigan. She stated she would back him if he runs for president again, appearing alongside him at the event.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asTrump says Nicki Minaj has ‘one hell of a beautiful a**’ that is ‘hard to miss’ during campaign rally (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asMan used sledgehammer to remove head of Iwo Jima monument soldier, police say (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to remove $122,000 in legal costs imposed on lawyers who represented Kari Lake in a 2022 lawsuit. The fees were ordered due to false and misleading statements made during the legal challenge.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asSupreme Court refuses to toss out fees for lawyers who sought hand count in Arizona election (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
Pope Leo has undergone surgery to remove part of his right lung due to lung cancer. The Vatican reports he is recovering well, walking and eating normally, though questions remain about the extent of the cancer and its impact on his upcoming tour.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asPope Leo XIV says he will undergo surgery. Here’s why (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
A protester at a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, was punched by a supporter and subsequently mocked by the president for their weight. The incident occurred as federal officers executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asPresident Trump to visit Arizona ahead of the midterms (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
During a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, attendees attacked a protester. Video captured supporters pulling at her clothing, shoving her, and striking her. Donald Trump referred to the protester as 'paid' and 'scum,' and mocked her weight. No arrests were made.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asPresident Trump to visit Arizona ahead of the midterms (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
U.S. Border Patrol agents removed protesters and toppled a century-old cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, to make way for border wall construction. At least a dozen demonstrators were arrested during the operation.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it as200-year-old Arizona tree cut down in minutes during federal raid on anti-border wall protest (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
War Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to positions designated for generals and admirals. This move aims to streamline the military's senior ranks and is expected to be completed by January 1, 2027.
AZ Family - Phoenix reported it asHegseth confirms the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals (opens AZ Family - Phoenix 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
- Gray TelevisionMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Meredith CorporationMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
- Official site
- azfamily.com
- Seen publishing on
- azfamily.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
- 37
- Reports listed
- 37
- We could read
- 6
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
31 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. AZ Family - Phoenix is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 37 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of AZ Family - Phoenix: its report arrived a median of 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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