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 437 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.
President Xi Jinping told Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said that the Middle East should not be a battleground for great-power rivalry. Xi expressed China's willingness to enhance coordination with Arab and GCC countries for regional peace and stability.
Channel News Asia reported it asChina's Xi Jinping says Middle East should not become battleground for great power rivalry (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
Channel News Asia reported it asCanada's Carney hails 'good conversation' on trade with Trump (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Channel News Asia reported it asDemocratic divisions shake up key Michigan Senate race (opens Channel News Asia 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.
Channel News Asia reported it asJudge denies Trump admin attempt to block key Senate result (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump stated the United States is examining a report alleging a Chinese spy plot targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Trump expressed respect for Huang, calling him 'brilliant' and saying the US would investigate the matter closely. China has denied the allegations.
Channel News Asia reported it asTrump says US looking ‘closely’ at report Nvidia CEO is target of China spy plot (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
North Korea's defense research institutes have tested a cluster bomb warhead intended for tactical ballistic missiles. State media reported the weapon can destroy an area of up to 13 hectares, and Pyongyang plans to equip military units with various types by the end of 2026.
Channel News Asia reported it asNorth Korea says defence research institutes tested major weapon system (opens Channel News Asia 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.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Steet Journal over Epstein letter (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Channel News Asia reported it asIran's supreme leader warns US, Israel against new attacks (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
China's military has conducted combat readiness patrols around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command stated these patrols were a response to Philippine rights violations and provocative acts, though specific actions were not detailed.
Channel News Asia reported it asChina conducts combat readiness patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The US Federal Communications Commission will vote on November 19 to ban China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom from direct access to US phone numbers. The move aims to enhance national security and prevent scam-related robocalls.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Channel News Asia reported it asTether, Circle freeze $2.38 billion after Binance reports security incident (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Channel News Asia reported it asStar Trek, X-Men star Patrick Stewart dead at 86 (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has thanked the Trump administration for capturing President Nicolas Maduro, calling it a 'floodgate to freedom'. Returning to Venezuela after 10 months in exile, she urged for presidential elections in 2027 and criticised a recent US oil deal.
Channel News Asia reported it asMachado says Trump opened 'floodgate to freedom' for Venezuela (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
A nearly two-pound meteorite discovered in Mali in 2022 has been identified as a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars. Named Teghaza 001, it offers new insights into the Red Planet's early history and water cycle.
Channel News Asia reported it asMartian meteorite found in the Sahara is 4.1 billion years old (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
US stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, opened higher on Tuesday. Easing oil prices and anticipation of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision influenced market sentiment, alongside a focus on corporate earnings, particularly those related to artificial intelligence.
Channel News Asia reported it asUS stocks eye big tech earnings as Fed holds rates steady (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
Channel News Asia reported it asPossible new dwarf planet identified orbiting beyond Pluto (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
The World Bank forecasts a 23% increase in global commodity prices by the end of 2026, driven by the Middle East conflict and El Nino. Energy prices are noted to be at a four-year high.
Channel News Asia reported it asWorld Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
A zookeeper at Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands has died from injuries sustained in a leopard attack. The incident occurred while the employee was working in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards.
Channel News Asia reported it asDutch zookeeper dies after leopard mauling (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Moscow for talks, with assurances of safety. Ukrainian officials confirmed Zelensky's readiness for a meeting and a partial ceasefire, though they noted Russia's continued attacks.
Channel News Asia reported it asNorway, Finland leaders hold 'frank and substantive' talk with Putin (opens Channel News Asia in a new tab)
Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit Party is projected to win seven to ten seats in Israel's upcoming election. This could make his party a key coalition partner for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, giving Ben-Gvir significant leverage.
Channel News Asia reported it asPalestinians protest against military demolitions in West Bank as Israelis vote (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, cnalifestyle.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
- 437
- Reports listed
- 464
- We could read
- 144
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
320 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 144 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 437 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 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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