KESQ media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KESQ in the centre. We have seen it on 475 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KESQ biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KESQ in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KESQ left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KESQ in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KESQ reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KESQ are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What KESQ has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KESQ’s own report linked underneath.
The US Department of Justice has stated that FBI and ICE agents will not serve as federal election monitors. This comes after litigation from the NAACP, which raised concerns about potential voter intimidation.
KESQ reported it asWill the Trump administration send federal officers or troops to the polls? Here’s what we know (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
KESQ reported it asHow an attempt at Democratic unity exploded with Stevens’ Senate endorsement flip (opens KESQ 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.
KESQ reported it asJudge throws out DOJ attempt to delay certification of Alaska Senate race (opens KESQ 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.
KESQ reported it asJudge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for good (opens KESQ in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied facilitating Flávio Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil to the United States. While Rubio stated President Trump authorized Bolsonaro's entry, he asserted the US government was not involved in arranging the travel itself.
KESQ reported it asRubio Says the U.S. "Was Not Directly Involved" in Flávio Bolsonaro's Departure From Brazil After the Elections (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
KESQ reported it asMiddle East on edge as fears mount the Iran war could restart after the midterms (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
KESQ reported it asJustice Department tells judge it may bring more charges against James Comey (opens KESQ in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
KESQ reported it asG20 photo scrapped amid tensions over Russian foreign minister’s presence (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Maya Gebala, who was shot three times in an attack in Tumbler Ridge, is being released from BC Children's Hospital after 262 days. Her father posted a video of the moment she learned she was going home.
KESQ reported it as‘Bravest person I know’: Father’s pride as school shooting victim leaves hospital after 262 days (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
KESQ reported it asWorld’s largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world’s largest heist (opens KESQ 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.
KESQ reported it asMurder Patrick Stewart, Actor of "Star Trek" and "X-Men", at 86 Years Old (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
KESQ reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators (opens KESQ 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.
KESQ reported it asDemocrats in striking distance: New CNN polls in four states highlight party’s path to Senate majority (opens KESQ in a new tab)
The US has expelled a Cuban diplomat following a heated exchange at the UN General Assembly. Ambassador Mike Waltz stated the diplomat shoved and attempted to assault an American staffer, leading Secretary of State Marco Rubio to sign the expulsion papers.
KESQ reported it asTrump administration kicks out Cuban diplomat from US as tensions rise (opens KESQ in a new tab)
At a Fort Myers rally, President Donald Trump unveiled a programme to recruit nurses for nursing homes. Reports differ on the funding level, $250 million or $275 million, and on the number of nurses to be hired, ranging from more than 4,000 to at least 5,000.
KESQ reported it asHell will freeze over before Havana gives in to Trump. But regular Cubans don’t have that long (opens KESQ 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.
KESQ reported it asAstronomers spot a new dwarf planet candidate beyond Pluto (opens KESQ in a new tab)
A zookeeper at Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands has died from injuries sustained in a leopard attack. The incident occurred while the employee was working in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards.
KESQ reported it asDutch zookeeper dies after being attacked by leopard (opens KESQ in a new tab)
A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments regarding the Justice Department's request to prevent California from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the citizenship of the voters can be confirmed. California officials argue this is impossible and could disenfranchise legitimate voters.
KESQ reported it asJudge to rule Wednesday on DOJ bid to set aside 20,000 ballots (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
KESQ reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
KESQ reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens KESQ in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- News-Press & Gazette CompanyMedia 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
- 475
- Reports listed
- 498
- We could read
- 7
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
491 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 7 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. KESQ is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 475 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KESQ’s on 7 of them. Overall it filed a median of 25 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KESQ, 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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