KERO media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KERO in the centre. We have seen it on 20 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KERO biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KERO in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KERO left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KERO in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KERO reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KERO are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What KERO has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KERO’s own report linked underneath.
Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force is removing hundreds of thousands of enrollments from the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges. The action targets 760,000 individual accounts for allegedly unauthorized and fraudulent applications, with an estimated $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds expected to be saved.
KERO reported it asTrump admin cancels Obamacare coverage for 760,000, citing improper signups (opens KERO 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.
KERO reported it asTrump claims Iran is waiting until after midterm elections to strike deal (opens KERO in a new tab)
Paramount has settled lawsuits brought by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America concerning its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlements pave the way for the $81 billion deal to proceed, pending final court approval.
KERO reported it asParamount reportedly reaches deal to settle case challenging Warner buyout (opens KERO in a new tab)
Three major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging a violation of First Amendment rights after their White House press credentials were revoked. The outlets seek immediate restoration of access.
KERO reported it asCNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue Trump administration over White House access (opens KERO in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
KERO reported it asIran war cost tens of billions and strained US weapons supply, watchdog says (opens KERO in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
KERO reported it asEPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens KERO in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that it is 'deeply unfair' for individuals assigned male at birth to compete against girls in sports. He acknowledged struggling to find a fair solution, aligning with a broader trend of Democrats recalibrating their approach to transgender issues amid Republican political attacks.
KERO reported it asSome Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power (opens KERO 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.
KERO reported it asSurrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby (opens KERO in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 new laws designed to shield minors from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots. The legislation includes penalties for companies found negligent and restrictions on addictive online content.
KERO reported it asCalifornia governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots (opens KERO in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
KERO reported it asNation remembers victims of 9/11 as US marks 25 years since attacks (opens KERO in a new tab)
State coastal officials have approved plans for the United States' largest kelp farm, to be built 6 miles off the Ventura County coast. The project by Ocean Rainforest could produce up to 6,000 tons of kelp annually.
KERO reported it asCalifornia officials allow plans for the country’s biggest kelp farm to move forward (opens KERO in a new tab)
A former volunteer has filed a lawsuit against nonprofits tied to labor leader Cesar Chavez, alleging sexual abuse by him decades ago and that the organizations failed to investigate her complaints. The suit names the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation as defendants.
KERO reported it asLawsuit accuses civil rights icon Cesar Chavez of sexual assault, claims union covered it up (opens KERO in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
KERO reported it asWhat to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump's unusual midterm convention (opens KERO in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
KERO reported it asTrump administration defends authority to start work on massive DC arch (opens KERO in a new tab)
USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 200-day Middle East mission amid crew welfare concerns
Trust 78The USS Abraham Lincoln reached Thailand after a 200-day deployment in the Middle East, the longest continuous sea duty in modern US Navy history. Reports of supply shortages, morale problems, and a possible suicide attempt prompted a Senate inquiry and a replacement carrier dispatch.
KERO reported it asAircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after months of combat in Middle East (opens KERO 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.
KERO reported it asRussian drone strike near Kyiv kills 37 after warehouse explosions (opens KERO in a new tab)
A judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,000 in legal fees after dismissing its lawsuit against him. Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Donald Trump’s name being added to the venue’s façade, a move later ruled illegal.
KERO reported it asKennedy Center to pay a jazz musician more than $250,000 in legal fees (opens KERO in a new tab)
Donald Trump publicly supported FIFA president Gianni Infantino after three football confederations accused him of deception and threatened a boycott. Infantino withdrew a plan to sell World Cup commercial rights following backlash, but UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC demand his removal ahead of the 2027 election.
KERO reported it asTrump warns replacing FIFA president Infantino would be 'terrible mistake' (opens KERO in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
KERO reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress (opens KERO in a new tab)
New Mexico filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing them of withholding unredacted files critical to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. The state says repeated requests for information were ignored or denied, hindering its probe into alleged sex crimes.
KERO reported it asFirst on Scripps News: New Mexico files lawsuit accusing DOJ of withholding Epstein records (opens KERO 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
- Publishes from
- Bakersfield, Kern County, California, United States
- Official site
- turnto23.com
- Seen publishing on
- turnto23.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
- 20
- Reports listed
- 20
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
20 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. KERO is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 20 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KERO’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 17 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 23 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KERO, 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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