AZCentral media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give AZCentral one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 17 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is AZCentral biased?
The rating organisations do not give AZCentral one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is AZCentral left or right?
The rating organisations do not give AZCentral one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is AZCentral reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for AZCentral are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What AZCentral has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with AZCentral’s own report linked underneath.
A newly unveiled statue of Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters was defaced with red paint. The vandalism occurred days after the statue's unveiling and coincided with the one-year anniversary of Kirk's assassination.
AZCentral reported it asCharlie Kirk statue and poster vandalized with paint (opens AZCentral 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.
AZCentral reported it asTrump headlines first-of-its-kind GOP election convention in Dallas (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
AZCentral reported it asA researcher warned AI could end humanity. Congress is starting to freak out. (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
AZCentral reported it asA researcher warned AI could end humanity. Congress is starting to freak out. (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
AZCentral reported it asA researcher warned AI could end humanity. Congress is starting to freak out. (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
AZCentral reported it asA researcher warned AI could end humanity. Congress is starting to freak out. (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Images circulating on social media appeared to show Democratic state Rep. Lorena Austin supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs. Austin stated the images were deepfakes, and AI-detection systems indicated they were digitally altered. The images were shared by individuals identified as Turning Point Action managers.
AZCentral reported it asArizona Democratic lawmaker says pro-Andy Biggs images are deepfakes (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
AZCentral reported it asTrump brings fight over mailed ballots back to Supreme Court (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Police in Tucson, Arizona, are investigating a shooting outside a gay bar as a possible hate crime. Three people, including the shooter, died in the incident. The suspect was found with a note listing LGBTQIA+-associated businesses.
AZCentral reported it asScenes from Vigil in Tucson for two slain men from LGBTQ+ community (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the United States after being detained by ICE. In a recent interview, the commentator expressed shame over his past support for Donald Trump and described his arrest as being akin to that of a gang member.
AZCentral reported it asDeported right-wing pundit says ICE has 'institutionalized' brutality (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
AZCentral reported it asEnes Kanter Freedom ejected after WNBA altercation with Natasha Cloud (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a Trump executive order concerning mail-in voting to move forward, reversing decisions made by lower courts. The ruling, however, was based on procedural matters, and the legality of the order itself remains under challenge. Arizona officials have stated that current mail-in voting procedures will not change for voters in the state.
AZCentral reported it asElections in Arizona continue as normal despite Supreme Court ruling (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
The US Navy is reviewing plans to rename a Ford-class aircraft carrier currently designated USS Doris Miller, a Black sailor recognised for heroism at Pearl Harbor. Sources say internal discussions include honouring Donald Trump, which would be unprecedented for a sitting president.
AZCentral reported it asNavy may name new aircraft carrier after Trump and not WWII hero (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Florida primary voters selected U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds as the Republican nominee for governor and former Rep. David Jolly as the Democratic nominee. Donalds, endorsed by Trump, defeated Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, while Jolly, a party-switcher, won the Democratic primary. They will compete in November to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis.
AZCentral reported it asFavorite Byron Donalds cruises to easy GOP gubernatorial nomination (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Usher responded to social media speculation that he sent a lookalike to perform at his New Jersey concert, calling the theory 'funny' and stating artificial intelligence is not advanced enough to clone him. Fans compared video clips, noting differences in appearance and mannerisms.
AZCentral reported it asUsher responds to viral 'clone' discourse: 'AI ain't that advanced' (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Two haboob dust storms struck the Phoenix area within three days in early August 2026, both classified as Category 5 events. Researchers at Arizona State University said the storms were unprecedented in frequency and intensity, with wind speeds of 50 mph and visibility reduced to half a mile.
AZCentral reported it asHot, humid, hazy weather hangs over Phoenix. When will rain return? (opens AZCentral in a new tab)
Francesca Hong, a Democratic socialist running for governor of Wisconsin, has walked back a 2021 social media post urging people to "cancel Thanksgiving" over its colonial history. In a recent interview, she called it her "favourite holiday" but did not directly answer whether she still believes it should be scrapped.
AZCentral reported it asWisconsin governor candidate appears open to canceling Thanksgiving (opens AZCentral 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.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- USA TODAY Co., Inc.Media Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
- Official site
- azcentral.com
- Seen publishing on
- azcentral.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
- 17
- Reports listed
- 17
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
14 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 2 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and AZCentral ran the story anyway.
Across the 17 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than AZCentral’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 18 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 21 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as AZCentral, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where AZCentral publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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