ewtnnews.com media bias and reliability
ewtnnews.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ewtnnews.com biased?
ewtnnews.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ewtnnews.com left or right?
ewtnnews.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is ewtnnews.com reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for ewtnnews.com. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What ewtnnews.com has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ewtnnews.com’s own report linked underneath.
Pope Leo XIV has stated that concerns about artificial intelligence are not 'fake news' and warrant serious attention. Speaking aboard the papal plane, he assured he does not sleep in panic mode regarding AI, despite its potential risks.
ewtnnews.com reported it asPope Leo says he is not ‘in panic mode’ over AI dangers (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Pope Leo delivered a speech in France on September 25, 2026, opposing the country’s newly enacted assisted-dying law. He addressed President Emmanuel Macron, warning that profit-driven science could promote surrogacy, organ trade, genetic manipulation and assisted death.
ewtnnews.com reported it asKilling the sick is ‘false compassion,’ pope says in Lourdes (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House. The outlets have filed a federal lawsuit, arguing the ban violates their First and Fifth Amendment rights.
ewtnnews.com reported it asPope Leo XIV in France (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV visited the Maison Bakhita centre in Paris, an organisation supporting migrants and refugees. He spoke about the dignity of those who are exiled and urged coexistence, peace, and respect for human dignity.
ewtnnews.com reported it asPope Leo XIV in France (opens ewtnnews.com 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.
ewtnnews.com reported it asJimmy Lai’s family, advocates press for his release before Xi-Trump meeting (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
ewtnnews.com reported it asSurrogate mother petitions Supreme Court to ensure lifesaving care for infant (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a father can decide whether his daughter attends an evangelical church. The decision upholds a lower court's order in a dispute over the child's religious upbringing, with the mother's lawyer planning an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
ewtnnews.com reported it asMaine court says father can prevent daughter from attending mother’s church (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A Hong Kong court has rejected the appeals of Cardinal Joseph Zen and four others against their convictions for failing to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. The fund supported protesters arrested during 2019 demonstrations.
ewtnnews.com reported it asHong Kong judges uphold Cardinal Zen’s conviction over fund to help protesters (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A federal judge has paused a lawsuit aiming to overturn the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The case will not proceed until at least December 1, following a request from the Department of Justice.
ewtnnews.com reported it asFederal judge delays mifepristone lawsuit until after midterms (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Wendell Berry, the prolific Kentucky-born author, farmer, and environmentalist, has died at the age of 92. His daughter confirmed his death on August 31, 2026. Berry was celebrated for his writings on agrarianism and his critiques of industrial society.
ewtnnews.com reported it asWendell Berry, Kentucky-born agrarian writer, dies at 92 (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A California bill aiming to ban addictive social media features for users under 16 has passed the state Assembly. This development coincides with Meta agreeing to a significant settlement with 29 states regarding youth safety and social media use.
ewtnnews.com reported it asCalifornia bishops push social media regulation as Meta pays billions for harm (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A Department of Justice report has sharply criticized an FBI memo that linked "radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology" to domestic violent extremism. The report found the memo to be a "grave failure" and an "abuse of power," while the FBI had initiated the investigation based on an individual with violent online posts.
ewtnnews.com reported it asDepartment of Justice: FBI’s 2023 Catholic memo was ‘grave failure’ (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Surrogate McKenna West sued for $100,000 after refusing abortion for baby with heart condition
Trust 58A nurse from Alaska who carried a baby for a California couple is being sued for over $100,000 after refusing to terminate the pregnancy when the fetus was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The biological parents allege breach of contract, while the surrogate says she acted to protect the child’s life. A Texas court will hear custody and parentage disputes on 25 August.
ewtnnews.com reported it asSurrogate mother sued by contracting couple for not aborting baby (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
A surrogate mother in Texas refused an abortion request for a baby diagnosed with a heart defect, leading to a custody battle. The intended parents are suing for breach of contract, while Texas law grants parentage to the birth mother.
ewtnnews.com reported it asSurrogate mother sued by contracting couple for not aborting baby (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a Dallas County court case to ensure life-saving medical treatment for baby Gabriel, diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The surrogate mother, McKenna West, traveled from Alaska to Texas after the intended parents sought to abort the pregnancy due to the defect.
ewtnnews.com reported it asTexas court orders hospitals to provide lifesaving care to surrogate baby (opens ewtnnews.com in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed ewtnnews.com. We asked on 12 September 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for ewtnnews.com.
Where it publishes from
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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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
15 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. ewtnnews.com has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ewtnnews.com: its report arrived a median of 31 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 29 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 29 September 2026. Ratings pulled 12 September 2026.
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