CTN News l Chiang Rai Times media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in the centre. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CTN News l Chiang Rai Times biased?
Ad Fontes Media places CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is CTN News l Chiang Rai Times left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CTN News l Chiang Rai Times are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CTN News l Chiang Rai Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CTN News l Chiang Rai Times’s own report linked underneath.
US President Donald Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit at the White House on September 24. The leaders are expected to discuss trade, rare earth supplies, and artificial intelligence. Xi's visit marks the first by a Chinese leader to the US presidential residence in over a decade.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asTrump to Welcome Xi for Summit as Global Pressures Mount (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump will personally greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on September 23. This rare airport reception precedes bilateral meetings and a state dinner.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asTrump to Welcome Xi for Summit as Global Pressures Mount (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, according to exit polls. This marks the first time a far-right party has achieved such a result in modern German history, though it is unclear if the AfD can form a government alone.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asAfD's Historic Election Win Shakes Germany and Europe (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
The Anak Krakatau volcano erupted on September 4-5, 2026, with an ash column observed by satellite. Loud booms were heard up to 150km away, and Indonesian authorities placed the volcano under Alert Level III, prohibiting access within a 3km radius.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asKrakatoa Eruption Grounds Flights in Indonesia, Stranding 170,000 Passengers (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
Eight Indonesian airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma, were closed on 7 September due to ash from the Mount Anak Krakatau eruption. The transport ministry reported 170,000 people were affected by flight cancellations.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asKrakatoa Eruption Grounds Flights in Indonesia, Stranding 170,000 Passengers (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
China was the sole dissenter from a G20 finance ministers' statement calling out 'non-market based economies pushing out a never-ending stream of cheap exports'. Nineteen members agreed to address global economic imbalances caused by such practices.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asChina Stands Alone at G20 Over Tackle Trade Imbalances (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times 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.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asUSS Abraham Lincoln Arrives in Thailand After 286 Days at Sea (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asCatastrophic Flood Strikes Nepal-China Border: Hundreds Dead (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
CTN News l Chiang Rai Times reported it asCatastrophic Flood Strikes Nepal-China Border: Hundreds Dead (opens CTN News l Chiang Rai Times in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for CTN News l Chiang Rai Times.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- chiangraitimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- chiangraitimes.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
9 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. CTN News l Chiang Rai Times is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of CTN News l Chiang Rai Times: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 23 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
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