Fox 17 media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Fox 17 one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 13 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Fox 17 biased?
The rating organisations do not give Fox 17 one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Fox 17 left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Fox 17 one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Fox 17 reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Fox 17 are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Fox 17 has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Fox 17’s own report linked underneath.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he had spoken with Donald Trump and they agreed to meet in New York. Zelensky also thanked Trump for a visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Kyiv. The meeting is expected to occur during the UN General Assembly.
Fox 17 reported it asTrump touts 'very good' Iran talks after tough UN speech (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering significant options regarding Iran, including potential military action and diplomatic engagement. The possibility of a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has also been raised, potentially impacting regional tensions and energy markets.
Fox 17 reported it asTrump touts 'very good' Iran talks after tough UN speech (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly included numerous claims that have been disputed by experts and official reports. These assertions covered topics from U.S. munitions stockpiles and global oil reserves to his record on settling wars and climate change warnings.
Fox 17 reported it asTrump defends Iran war in UN speech, warns of 'annihilation' without peace deal (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan in New York on Monday. The meetings occurred ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping scheduled for Thursday.
Fox 17 reported it asRubio packs NYC schedule with markets, allies and critical minerals talks (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Bill Maher criticized rapper Macklemore on his show 'Real Time', bringing up a 2014 costume controversy and Macklemore's recent remarks about Gaza. Macklemore had previously donated to Palestinian aid and Robert Kraft pledged funds for Gaza.
Fox 17 reported it asBill Maher takes aim at Macklemore amid Gaza remarks, old 'Jew' costume controversy (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
An American flag was unfurled at sunrise at the Pentagon to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The ceremony honored the 184 military personnel and civilians who died at the Pentagon.
Fox 17 reported it asMassive American flag unfurls over Pentagon for 9/11 anniversary (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman has filed a lawsuit against streamer Hasan Piker, alleging antisemitism and incitement of violence. Klayman seeks over $150 million in damages and an injunction, citing Piker's alleged statements about Hamas and Jews.
Fox 17 reported it asJudicial Watch founder sues Hasan Piker over alleged antisemitism, 'violence against Jews' (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Families of victims of the 9/11 attacks are calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to not attend the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony at Ground Zero. A petition to ban him has gathered over 98,000 signatures, and families plan to ignore him if he attends.
Fox 17 reported it as9/11 victim families; 100,000 other petitioners don't want Mamdani at memorial ceremonies (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Tennessee's governor has proposed renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, days after her death. The proposal faces a policy hurdle regarding naming rights for recently deceased individuals and will be discussed by the airport authority on September 17.
Fox 17 reported it asDolly Parton airport naming push moves forward with Gov. Lee, BNA backing (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
Fox 17 reported it asFederal judge lifts nationwide block on mail-in voting order after SCOTUS ruling (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced his political operation has approximately $850 million available. He stated plans to spend a significant portion of these funds to support Republican candidates in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. This amount is separate from other funds raised by his network.
Fox 17 reported it asTrump says he'll spend 'a lot' of $850M MAGA Inc. war chest on midterm elections (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court on 17 August 2026 to reinstate human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after a judge dismissed them in May. The judge ruled the prosecution was selective and vindictive, citing statements by then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Abrego Garcia’s defence calls the case politically motivated.
Fox 17 reported it asFederal prosecutors seek to revive Abrego Garcia human smuggling case (opens Fox 17 in a new tab)
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he would charge WNBA players with assault if a foul like the one on Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham occurred in Florida. The threat followed a Flagrant 2 foul by Chicago Sky’s DiJonai Carrington, who was ejected and later claimed the call was due to ‘white privilege’.
Fox 17 reported it asFlorida AG says he'd have charged WNBA's Carrington with 'assault' over Cunningham foul (opens Fox 17 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- E. W. Scripps CompanyCorporationdirect 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
- 13
- Reports listed
- 13
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 10 August 2026
12 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 1 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Fox 17 ran the story anyway.
Across the 13 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Fox 17’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Fox 17, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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