Fox40 media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fox40 in the centre. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Fox40 biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fox40 in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Fox40 left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Fox40 in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Fox40 reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Fox40 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 Fox40 has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Fox40’s own report linked underneath.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law prohibiting law enforcement officers from using shock gloves. The ban is set to take effect next year and will remain in place until 2030, following a period where ICE awarded a contract for such devices.
Fox40 reported it asNewsom signs bill banning electric shock gloves despite law enforcement opposition (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
The California Supreme Court has ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return approximately 650,000 ballots seized from a November 2025 special election. The court ruled Bianco's seizure was unlawful, siding with the state's Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Fox40 reported it asBianco must return ballots & stop election investigation, California Supreme Court rules (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump behaved like a 'caged lion' and was eager to return to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner ballroom after shots were fired. The incident occurred in April at the Washington Hilton.
Fox40 reported it asThe Latest: Trump hails ‘truly great friendship’ with China’s Xi Jinping as summit begins (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing the encounter as 'very productive' and predicting that 'great things will happen'. The discussions reportedly touched on artificial intelligence, though specific outcomes were not detailed.
Fox40 reported it asThe Latest: Trump hails ‘truly great friendship’ with China’s Xi Jinping as summit begins (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
Mississippi police are continuing their investigation into the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month. One man has been arrested in connection with the killing, and authorities expect more arrests.
Fox40 reported it asPolice say more arrests coming in death of Mississippi woman found hanging from tree (opens Fox40 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.
Fox40 reported it as9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans, new poll finds (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
Apple has launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, at its 'Surprise and Shine' event. The company also introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This marks the first major product launch under new CEO John Ternus.
Fox40 reported it asApple unveils first foldable iPhone: 5 takeaways from Wednesday’s event (opens Fox40 in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
Fox40 reported it asApple unveils first foldable iPhone: 5 takeaways from Wednesday’s event (opens Fox40 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.
Fox40 reported it asDeadly flash floods in Nepal leave hundreds missing, including tourists from US (opens Fox40 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.
Fox40 reported it asDeadly flash floods in Nepal leave hundreds missing, including tourists from US (opens Fox40 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
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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 20 August 2026
10 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. Fox40 is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Fox40: its report arrived a median of 30 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 October 2026. Ratings pulled 20 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Fox40, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Fox40 publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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