KHOU 11 media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KHOU 11 in the centre. We have seen it on 28 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KHOU 11 biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KHOU 11 in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KHOU 11 left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KHOU 11 in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KHOU 11 reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KHOU 11 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 KHOU 11 has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KHOU 11’s own report linked underneath.
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa announced plans to introduce new legislation protecting residents from the impact of data centers. The move comes as the industry has expanded into rural areas lacking protective regulations.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa has called for a moratorium on data centers | What would that look like? (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson announced he will cease suing out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills to Texas. This reverses a key enforcement strategy of his predecessor, Ken Paxton, and is seen as a move to ease access to abortion medication.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas' next attorney general plans a major shift in abortion law enforcement (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa announced plans to introduce new legislation protecting residents from the impact of data centers. The move comes as the industry has expanded into rural areas lacking protective regulations.
KHOU 11 reported it asWill Texans get $1,500? What must happen for Gina Hinojosa’s payment plan to become reality (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
KHOU 11 reported it asWhen does Gina Hinojosa take office as Texas governor? Here's when she'll be sworn in (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
KHOU 11 reported it asToday is the last day to vote early in Texas as Harris County nears major milestone (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
KHOU 11 reported it asToday is the last day to vote early in Texas as Harris County nears major milestone (opens KHOU 11 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.
KHOU 11 reported it asNew Texas poll reveals tight races for Senate, governor (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas Children's Hospital has opened a clinic to provide medical care for patients who previously received gender-transition treatment. The clinic's opening is a requirement of a settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas Children’s Hospital opens detransition clinic after $10 million Paxton settlement (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
A 17‑year‑old male from McKinney, Texas was arrested by the FBI after federal sources said he planned to obtain a gun and carry out an ISIS‑inspired assassination of U.S. Rep. Keith Self at a public event on 17 October.
KHOU 11 reported it asFBI arrests 17-year-old accused of plotting to assassinate a North Texas congressman (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
State Representative Gina Hinojosa has filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott, seeking to inspect unredacted communications between the governor's office and Elon Musk. The communications have been classified as confidential due to their sensitive nature.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas governor's race heats up with new poll and lawsuit involving Elon Musk (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
KHOU 11 reported it asEarly voting gets underway today! Here's what you need to know before you head to the polls (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
KHOU 11 reported it asEarly voting gets underway today! Here's what you need to know before you head to the polls (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
A federal officer's vehicle struck and injured Houston construction worker Miguel Parra Hernandez during an ICE operation. The worker's family and an advocacy group claim the man ICE was pursuing had died years prior, a detail disputed by ICE.
KHOU 11 reported it asNew York Times report says man ICE was targeting in west Harris county operation had been dead for 9 years (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas prosecutors are considering criminal charges against an ICE officer involved in an incident in Houston. The officer allegedly struck a man with a vehicle, an act prosecutors are reviewing as aggravated assault.
KHOU 11 reported it asOfficials working to secure U visas for witnesses inside ICE vehicle that struck man Saturday (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has proposed eliminating funding for the Children's Autism Program in its 2028-2029 budget request. The program provides applied behavior analysis therapy to autistic children, with the state spending $13.7 million on it over the past two years.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas health officials propose eliminating children’s autism therapy program (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico reappeared at the Austin City Limits festival on Friday, nine days after his last public appearance. His return followed an absence attributed to the flu, which had prompted criticism and speculation from his Republican opponent.
KHOU 11 reported it asJames Talarico returns to campaign trail at ACL festival after illness spurred GOP calls for 'proof of life' (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has approved a firing‑squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The decision follows a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
KHOU 11 reported it asFiring squad execution approved for Fort Hood mass shooter (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
The Trump administration is distributing $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans in 30 states. The Treasury Department began sending these payments on September 30, intended for individuals who purchased health insurance through HealthCare.gov and paid the full premium without federal subsidies.
KHOU 11 reported it asWere you an Affordable Care Act customer in Texas? You could be owed hundreds of dollars (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton privately told donors that the recent GOP convention in Dallas negatively impacted his polling numbers. His campaign adviser dismissed the leaked audio as 'manipulated nonsense'. Paxton is in a close race against state Rep. James Talarico.
KHOU 11 reported it asNYT: Paxton says Trump convention hurt him (opens KHOU 11 in a new tab)
Ker’Sean Ramey is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on Wednesday for his role in a 2005 triple homicide. He was convicted of fatally shooting three people during an attempted robbery. His co-defendant, LeJames Norman, was executed on September 16.
KHOU 11 reported it asTexas man convicted in triple murder set for execution days after co-defendant (opens KHOU 11 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
- Tegna Inc.Media 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
- 28
- Reports listed
- 30
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
30 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. KHOU 11 is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 28 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KHOU 11: its report arrived a median of 31 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KHOU 11, 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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