KATC media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KATC in the centre. We have seen it on 70 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KATC biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KATC in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KATC left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KATC in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KATC reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KATC 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 KATC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KATC’s own report linked underneath.
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
KATC reported it asWhistleblower raises concerns about untested USPS election technology (opens KATC in a new tab)
President Donald Trump continues to suggest he may seek a third term, while also discussing his life after his presidency ends in January 2029. He has acknowledged the Constitution prohibits a third term but has also explored potential avenues and discussed his successor.
KATC reported it asTrump still teases seeking a third term. But he's now talking more about post-presidency life (opens KATC in a new tab)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled its planned 2027 Met Gala exhibition featuring designer John Galliano. The decision follows significant backlash over the designer's past antisemitic and racist comments.
KATC reported it asMet drops John Galliano exhibit following criticism over antisemitic remarks (opens KATC in a new tab)
Russia's Ministry of Defence announced preparations for large-scale strikes targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Moscow stated these actions are in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian and energy facilities.
KATC reported it asRussian drone strike near Kyiv kills 37 after warehouse explosions (opens KATC in a new tab)
The FBI has ended its policy of automatically disqualifying all applicants with past sexual encounters with prostitutes. The bureau will now consider some candidates holistically, though certain past behaviours remain disqualifying.
KATC reported it asFBI to consider some applicants with history of prostitution under new hiring policy (opens KATC in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Venezuela granting the United States majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of the country's oil reserves. Trump described the deal as the largest in world history, predicting it would increase US reserves and reduce fuel prices.
KATC reported it asTrump announces deal to secure billions of barrels of Venezuelan oil for the US (opens KATC in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has ruled that Nevada can regulate Kalshi's prediction markets, stating the company's sports event contracts are akin to sports bets and not federally regulated financial swaps. The decision is a win for states seeking to oversee such platforms.
KATC reported it asStates can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules (opens KATC in a new tab)
An autopsy report states Tyrin Johnson, 20, was fatally shot in the back by Tennessee National Guard members in Memphis. This contradicts initial police statements that he was facing the troops when they fired. The guard members were part of a federal anti-crime task force.
KATC reported it asAutopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back (opens KATC in a new tab)
The National Transportation Safety Board reported that air traffic controllers and Marine One pilots met to discuss communication failures a week before a dual takeoff incident involving the presidential helicopter and a passenger jet. The issues remained unresolved.
KATC reported it asControllers warned Trump copter pilots about radio failures 1 week before they came close to jet (opens KATC in a new tab)
Senator Josh Hawley has launched an investigation into Flock Safety, a company that provides license plate reader cameras to law enforcement. The probe focuses on the company's data handling practices, following concerns about privacy and unauthorized access.
KATC reported it asBipartisan push for investigation into Flock Safety cameras grows amid misuse allegations (opens KATC in a new tab)
Maine's Republican nominee for governor, Bobby Charles, stated he would ask a federal official to send U.S. Marshals and ICE agents to polling places. Democrats called the plan illegal and an attempt to intimidate voters, while state officials noted legal prohibitions.
KATC reported it asRepublican nominee for Maine governor says he wants ICE agents at polling places in the state (opens KATC in a new tab)
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged in a Minneapolis shooting has been released from a Texas jail. A judge refused to order his extradition to Minnesota, citing jurisdictional issues, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott awaits an internal state investigation.
KATC reported it asICE agent accused of shooting man during Minneapolis crackdown released in Texas (opens KATC in a new tab)
Luis Manuel Aviles, father of a US Navy sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, was released from immigration detention. His case was dismissed by an immigration judge, prompting a congressional investigation into his arrest during a federal immigration crackdown.
KATC reported it asFather of US Navy sailor on record-setting deployment released from immigration custody (opens KATC in a new tab)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved daraxonrasib, branded as Rasonque, for metastatic pancreatic cancer. In trials, patients taking the drug lived a median of 13.2 months, compared to 6.7 months on chemotherapy.
KATC reported it asFDA approves first-of-its-kind treatment for most common form of pancreatic cancer (opens KATC in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center may need to be demolished if extensive renovations are blocked, lawyers stated in court papers. A $250 million project is linked to the potential demolition, while a legal challenge seeks to prevent the inscription of Donald Trump's name on the building.
KATC reported it asJustice Department says Kennedy Center may need demolition if Trump name blocked (opens KATC in a new tab)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 49,571 people in July, the highest single monthly total during the second Trump administration. This figure represents a 15% increase from June and a 70% increase from February.
KATC reported it asDeportation crackdown accelerates with highest ICE arrest total in months (opens KATC in a new tab)
The Trump administration is implementing new regulations that extend beyond border enforcement, targeting immigrants through measures like limiting tax credit refunds and requiring English proficiency for truck drivers.
KATC reported it asDeportation crackdown accelerates with highest ICE arrest total in months (opens KATC in a new tab)
Iranian state media broadcast a video that allegedly suggests how to kill Barron Trump and offers a $10 million bounty for information. The Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the video and investigating the threats.
KATC reported it asIranian state media video appears to threaten Barron Trump's life (opens KATC in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas for up to 200,000 foreigners seeking asylum in the US. The State Department expects to announce the action, which would be the largest mass visa revocation in US history, in the coming weeks.
KATC reported it asUS set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say (opens KATC in a new tab)
Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States starting September 8, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced. The decision follows the collapse of trade talks, which British Columbia Premier David Eby described as revealing the "true nature" of American objectives.
KATC reported it asCanada announces retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US (opens KATC 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
- 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
- 70
- Reports listed
- 70
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
69 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. KATC is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 70 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KATC: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KATC, 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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