Channel News Asia media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Channel News Asia in the centre. We have seen it on 215 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Channel News Asia biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Channel News Asia in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Channel News Asia left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Channel News Asia in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Channel News Asia reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Channel News Asia 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 Channel News Asia has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Channel News Asia’s own report linked underneath.
The UN Human Rights Office documented 1,004 cases of sexual violence in Ukraine between February 2022 and July 2026. The report, based on interviews with hundreds of victims, attributes 89% of cases to Russian authorities and 11% to Ukrainian authorities.
Channel News Asia reported it asHundreds of civilians, POWs suffer sexual abuse in Ukraine war: UN (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The U.S. stock market experienced a significant rally, marking its best day in six weeks. This surge was driven by falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market, occurring shortly after the Federal Reserve announced a quarter-percentage-point interest rate increase.
Channel News Asia reported it asTrading Day: Lower oil, yields boost stocks (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Channel News Asia reported it asNew cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century (opens Channel News Asia 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.
Channel News Asia reported it asTrump derides EU pitch to Canada as 'laughable', threatens more tariffs (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. India's Ministry of External Affairs stated the nation will take necessary steps to protect its trade and economic interests.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS Congress passes sweeping Russia sanctions Bill (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The U.S. House Oversight Committee voted to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Reports differ on whether the vote was unanimous, and Black's lawyers denounced the resolution as a complete abomination.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS House votes to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to visit the United States, families and advocates have made public appeals for the release of detained US scholar Min Zin and Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai. The pleas were made during congressional hearings in Washington.
Channel News Asia reported it asAhead of Xi US visit, Jimmy Lai son urges release of media mogul (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS Fed raises rates to battle inflation in move likely to rile Trump (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence poses significant risks that require global coordination and stronger oversight. This comes as public alarm about AI's potential dangers grows, while former US President Donald Trump maintains existing safeguards are sufficient.
Channel News Asia reported it asUN chief sounds alarm on AI risk after Trump plays it down (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
A major scientific report indicates Greenland and Antarctica have lost between 11.3 and 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979. This loss has contributed to a global sea level rise of approximately 3 to 3.14 centimeters, primarily driven by accelerated glacier flow into the ocean.
Channel News Asia reported it asSatellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Novo Nordisk and Anthropic have announced a collaboration to use artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development. Novo Nordisk will employ Anthropic's Claude models, including Claude Science, to advance its research and development efforts.
Channel News Asia reported it asNovo partners with Anthropic to speed up drug development with Claude (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have captured the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. This move strengthens their control over a vital maritime shipping route and pushes them closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Channel News Asia reported it asSaudi offers more crude to Asian refiners via Oman after pipeline attacks: Sources (opens Channel News Asia 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.
Channel News Asia reported it asAhead of expected Trump-Xi summit, China's defence chief calls for greater dialogue over AI, space and deep sea (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has stated that nuclear weapons could be used in response to actions by the US and South Korea. This statement follows defense talks between the two nations aimed at strengthening cooperation against potential weapons of mass destruction attacks from Pyongyang.
Channel News Asia reported it asCourt orders North Korea pay Seoul US$32.5 million for blowing up office (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Nissan will invest £170 million in its Sunderland plant to produce the Kicks e-POWER hybrid SUV for Europe. The model will be built alongside the Qashqai, Juke, and LEAF, marking a significant investment for the plant's 40th anniversary year.
Channel News Asia reported it asNissan to build new hybrid SUV model for Europe at its UK plant (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions with investors for a new funding round that could value the company at approximately $1.2 trillion. This comes as the AI firm considers its timeline for a potential initial public offering.
Channel News Asia reported it asOpenAI mulls funding round at $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of IPO, FT reports (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Meta is set to release Luna, a camera‑free pair of smart glasses, this autumn. The glasses will feature six built‑in microphones for use with Meta’s AI chatbot and the Muse assistant, and may be shown at the Connect developer conference with shipments aimed for October.
Channel News Asia reported it asMeta plans camera-free smart glasses for fall launch, The Information reports (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
Channel News Asia reported it asCommentary: AI armageddon looks different from China (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas announced that an explosive device was found on a drone shot down over Lithuania and has been neutralized. The drone had entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and was downed by Italian fighter jets.
Channel News Asia reported it asItalian NATO fighter jet shoots down stray drone over Lithuania (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
British, US, and Dutch intelligence services have issued a joint warning about Iranian state-linked spyware known as 'CHOSEN BRICK'. The malware is used to steal sensitive information from dissidents, activists, and journalists through spear-phishing attacks.
Channel News Asia reported it asUK, US and Netherlands issue advisory on Iran spyware (opens Channel News Asia 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
Who owns it
- Mediacorpunknowndirect owner
- Temasek Holdingsunknownparent group
- Government of SingaporeGovernmentparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Singapore, Singapore
- Official site
- channelnewsasia.com
- Seen publishing on
- channelnewsasia.com, cna.asia, cnaluxury.channelnewsasia.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
- 215
- Reports listed
- 222
- We could read
- 72
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
150 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 72 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Channel News Asia is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 215 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Channel News Asia’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 19 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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