KMPH media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give KMPH one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 24 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KMPH biased?
The rating organisations do not give KMPH one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KMPH left or right?
The rating organisations do not give KMPH one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is KMPH reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KMPH 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 KMPH has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KMPH’s own report linked underneath.
Former Kansas governor Mike Hayden announced on Friday that he endorses Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, becoming the second ex‑GOP governor to do so after Bill Graves. Reports agree he published an op‑ed, but differ on whether it appeared in the Kansas City Star or the Wichita Eagle.
KMPH reported it as2nd ex-GOP governor endorses Kansas Democrat for Senate (opens KMPH in a new tab)
California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton met for their only scheduled debate. Becerra repeatedly linked Hilton to Donald Trump's policies, while Hilton accused Becerra of avoiding state issues and tied him to Governor Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
KMPH reported it asHilton, Becerra clash over affordability, Trump and Newsom in California governor debate (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that intensified bombing of Iran after the November midterm elections is possible. He made these remarks in an interview with Time magazine, where he also addressed concerns about US arms stockpiles.
KMPH reported it asLara Trump says Iran war 'could cost' Donald Trump the midterms (opens KMPH 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.
KMPH reported it asWhite House starts sending $500 ObamaCare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with US President Donald Trump to discuss China ahead of Trump's planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting occurred in New York during the UN General Assembly.
KMPH reported it asXi eyes two more Trump meetings as he wraps up Washington summit (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Following his removal from Ed Sheeran's tour for pro-Palestinian statements, Macklemore has announced a new 'Free Palestine Tour'. The shows will take place in Dublin, Paris, and London, with all proceeds donated to charities supporting Palestinians.
KMPH reported it asMacklemore announces Free Palestine Tour after dropped from Ed Sheeran tour (opens KMPH in a new tab)
A new report from the Climate Impact Lab estimates that the current El Niño event could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide between September 2026 and February 2027. India is projected to experience 15,800 of these deaths.
KMPH reported it asEl Niño heat could drive 451,000 extra deaths worldwide, report warns (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would discuss security, technology, and artificial intelligence with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He suggested cooperation between the US and China to foster peace and prosperity, while also indicating a preference for current regulatory frameworks over new multilateral constraints on AI.
KMPH reported it asFact Check Team: Trump and Xi expected to discuss trade, Iran, Taiwan and AI (opens KMPH in a new tab)
An ICE officer shot and injured Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin, Texas. Pérez's attorney stated agents 'sideswiped' his car before firing shots and that he had entered the U.S. legally. The officer involved was reportedly a new recruit and not wearing a body camera.
KMPH reported it asQuestions remain after new video in Austin ICE shooting; lawmakers to visit Garcés Pérez (opens KMPH in a new tab)
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.
KMPH reported it asVance-led task force targets $760K Obamacare enrollments in $2.2B anti-fraud push: report (opens KMPH 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.
KMPH reported it asStates attorneys general reach settlement as mega Paramount-Warner merger moves ahead (opens KMPH in a new tab)
President Donald Trump vetoed CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, impacting audiovisual coverage of his UN trip. In response, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox halted their joint television coverage of Trump, citing solidarity with the banned outlets.
KMPH reported it asTV networks refuse White House pool coverage after CNN barred from assignment (opens KMPH in a new tab)
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Russia launched over 2,000 attack drones, 1,700 guided aerial bombs, and 19 missiles against Ukraine in the past week. The attacks targeted civilian and critical infrastructure across multiple regions, including a drone strike on a monastery that killed a priest.
KMPH reported it asUkraine hits Moscow oil refinery in massive drone and missile attack (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Moscow, targeting oil refineries and logistics facilities. The assault occurred on the final day of Russia's parliamentary elections, with reports differing on the number of drones used and casualties.
KMPH reported it asUkraine hits Moscow oil refinery in massive drone and missile attack (opens KMPH in a new tab)
A newly unveiled statue of Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters was defaced with red paint. The vandalism occurred days after the statue's unveiling and coincided with the one-year anniversary of Kirk's assassination.
KMPH reported it asTurning Point USA vows to restore vandalized Charlie Kirk statue, reviews police footage (opens KMPH 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.
KMPH reported it asLawsuit alleges Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted woman at La Paz compound (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley has filed a lawsuit against California, challenging Assembly Bill 2624. Critics have nicknamed the law the 'Stop Nick Shirley Act.' Shirley contends the legislation infringes upon his First Amendment rights and could impede his work reporting on immigration-service organizations.
KMPH reported it asCitizen journalist Nick Shirley fighting back after state passes 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump has strongly advocated for data centers, stating that communities opposing them risk becoming "backwards and poor." He suggested that such opposition could benefit China and urged support for the facilities as a path to prosperity.
KMPH reported it asTrump pushes back against data center rejection: 'Let Data Reign' (opens KMPH 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.
KMPH reported it asTrump administration moves to revoke 200,000 visas, impose $103K H-1B fee (opens KMPH in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
KMPH reported it asDebate over transgender women in women's sports spills onto the WNBA court (opens KMPH 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia 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
- 24
- Reports listed
- 24
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 20 August 2026
24 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.
On 11 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and KMPH ran the story anyway.
Across the 24 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KMPH’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 29 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 October 2026. Ratings pulled 19 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KMPH, 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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