CW39 Houston media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CW39 Houston in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CW39 Houston biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CW39 Houston in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is CW39 Houston left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CW39 Houston in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is CW39 Houston reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CW39 Houston are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CW39 Houston has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CW39 Houston’s own report linked underneath.
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
CW39 Houston reported it asEd Sheeran opens solo concert with remarks, calls situation in Palestine ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Texas added more nonfarm jobs than any other state in the 12 months ending August 2026, according to labor data. The state's job growth rate of 1.1% exceeded the national average.
CW39 Houston reported it asTexas boasts best annual job growth in United States (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump. The measure, introduced by Rep. Al Green, was related to Trump's immigration enforcement policies. The final vote was 232 against 147, with 47 members voting present.
CW39 Houston reported it asHouse sinks Al Green bid to impeach Trump (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo mocking South Asian students at a University of Texas football game. Republican leaders John Cornyn and Dustin Burrows condemned the post, and former adviser Karl Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
CW39 Houston reported it asBo French doubles down after Texas Republicans condemn UT Austin student posts (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
CW39 Houston reported it asSupreme Court won’t restore Trump’s mail-in voting plan for midterms (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
CW39 Houston reported it asThe Latest: EPA says it’s eliminating rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
CW39 Houston reported it asIndonesia continues search for at least 129 missing after ferry capsizes, 6 bodies recovered (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
CW39 Houston reported it asSept. 11 anniversary: Nation remembers 25 years later (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a new poll shows they remain a significant historical event for many Americans. While about two-thirds believe 9/11 impacted the country, few plan to commemorate the upcoming anniversary.
CW39 Houston reported it as9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans, new poll finds (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Operation Rotten Apple, a federal immigration enforcement initiative, resulted in the detention of over 2,100 migrants in New York. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the operation's findings, criticizing state and city politicians for sanctuary policies.
CW39 Houston reported it asBorder Report Live: Operation Rotten Apple nets 2,200 in New York (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Climate change is becoming a less prominent issue for Democrats in election campaigns, with some researchers coining the term 'climate hushing'. This shift occurs even as scientists predict 2026 could be the hottest year on record.
CW39 Houston reported it asThe Earth is sizzling, but climate isn't a hot topic for Democrats in this year's campaigns (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Flash floods and landslides swept away villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people. Experts suggest a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was the cause, with climate change and the region's topography exacerbating the risks.
CW39 Houston reported it asHow did an entire mountainside collapse? Houston expert explains Nepal catastrophe (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the release of Daniel Tirado Pantoja, a witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent in Houston. Pantoja was one of three passengers in the vehicle and had been detained since the July 7 incident.
CW39 Houston reported it asWitness in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shooting released (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
CW39 Houston reported it asWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump administration (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak between 12 and 13 August 2026, with up to 100 meteors per hour visible. A partial solar eclipse will occur on 12 August, offering a rare dual celestial event. Outlets varied in emphasis on timing, visibility, and the eclipse's coincidence.
CW39 Houston reported it asBright Perseid meteors return to the sky on Aug. 12 (opens CW39 Houston in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
CW39 Houston reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt (opens CW39 Houston 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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
- Nexstar Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Tribune MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
16 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. CW39 Houston is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of CW39 Houston: its report arrived a median of 24 hours 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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