Fort Smith/Fayetteville News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in the centre. We have seen it on 188 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Fort Smith/Fayetteville News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Fort Smith/Fayetteville News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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 Fort Smith/Fayetteville News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Fort Smith/Fayetteville News’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it as2026 Texas Governor race election results: Who won between Greg Abbott and Gina Hinojosa? (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asArkansas Election Day live updates | Nov. 3, 2026 (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asSpanish soccer player dies after on-field collision (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asElection Day arrives as control of Congress hangs in the balance (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asWhen do polls close on Election Day? A guide to voting times in all 50 states (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asUS conducts defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, US official says (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asFlash flooding triggers evacuations in Southwest and dire warning for Colorado spa town (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asJudge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asCanadian Prime Minister Carney reports progress in trade talks with President Trump (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asTributes pour in following 'Star Trek' actor Patrick Stewart's death (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Utah has filed 13 felony charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and its co-founders. The state attorney general alleges the company continues to operate in Utah despite a federal court ruling, escalating a dispute over regulatory authority.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asUtah files criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders using state's strict gambling laws (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asScientists discover possible new dwarf planet beyond Pluto (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
President Trump has called for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be removed from the ballot, alleging election fraud after reports surfaced of her campaign's alleged involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as her opponent, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asTrump calls for prosecution of Democratic Alaska Senate candidate over candidate controversy (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it as2026 Midterm elections: These are the races that could determine the balance of power (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asIllinois man charged with mailing white powder to members of Congress (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asAppeals court declines to rule on federal bid to set aside California ballots of alleged noncitizens (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asPolice address viral dispute involving 3-year-old during youth soccer game at Florida park (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her position as an assistant United States attorney. The judge ordered her reinstatement, stating the termination violated civil service rules and constitutional separation of powers.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asJudge rules daughter of former FBI Director James Comey was unlawfully fired by Trump administration (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Dictionary.com has selected 'Maxxing' as its 2026 Word of the Year. The term signifies an effort to maximize and optimize various life areas, gaining traction among Generation Z and Alpha.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asDictionary.com reveals its 2026 Word of the Year (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News reported it asArtificial intelligence giant Anthropic files to sell shares to the public for the first time (opens Fort Smith/Fayetteville News 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.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checkcenter
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
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checkhigh
Who owns it
- Tegna Inc.Media Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
- Official site
- 5newsonline.com
- Seen publishing on
- 5newsonline.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
- 188
- Reports listed
- 193
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
193 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. Fort Smith/Fayetteville News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 188 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Fort Smith/Fayetteville News: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
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