KPTV media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KPTV in the centre. We have seen it on 23 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KPTV biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KPTV in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KPTV left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KPTV in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KPTV reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KPTV are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What KPTV has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KPTV’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.
KPTV reported it asVance announces White House is stopping Obamacare enrollment for 750,000 people (opens KPTV 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.
KPTV reported it asTrump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight (opens KPTV 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.
KPTV reported it asIran war has cost the US more than $38 billion, budget office says (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Donald Trump alleged the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a 'Democratic Plot' to remove him from the election. The FBI has found no connections between the suspect and others, and Trump offered no evidence for his claim.
KPTV reported it asTrump blames Biden administration for handling of assassination attempt at Pennsylvania campaign rally (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Newly released FBI documents offer further insight into Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. The records, obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, include interviews with Crooks' father and describe his withdrawn personality and growing interest in weapons.
KPTV reported it asTrump blames Biden administration for handling of assassination attempt at Pennsylvania campaign rally (opens KPTV in a new tab)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the FBI has new information regarding the attacker in the 2024 attempt on Donald Trump's life. Trump claimed on social media that the assassination attempt was a "Democrat plot" to remove him from the election, though investigations concluded the shooter acted alone.
KPTV reported it asTrump blames Biden administration for handling of assassination attempt at Pennsylvania campaign rally (opens KPTV 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.
KPTV reported it asNewly unveiled Charlie Kirk statue vandalized at Turning Point USA headquarters (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump attended the 25th anniversary 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon. Viewers and a Reuters photograph indicated he appeared sleepy, with his eyes closed. The White House stated he was solemnly remembering victims.
KPTV reported it as‘Stop lying’: Wife of 9/11 victim calls out Saudi Arabia during New York ceremony (opens KPTV in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
KPTV reported it asFormer AI employee says insiders believe technology ‘could kill us all’ by decade’s end (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
KPTV reported it asFormer AI employee says insiders believe technology ‘could kill us all’ by decade’s end (opens KPTV in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
KPTV reported it asFormer AI employee says insiders believe technology ‘could kill us all’ by decade’s end (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
KPTV reported it asFormer AI employee says insiders believe technology ‘could kill us all’ by decade’s end (opens KPTV in a new tab)
A military judge has ruled that confessions made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents in 2007 are inadmissible in his death penalty case. The judge cited psychological conditioning and coercion, and a failure to inform Mohammed of his rights.
KPTV reported it asTrial Date Set for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind After Decades of Delays (opens KPTV in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the decision, stating Canadians will continue to call it 'Lake Ontario,' a name with Indigenous roots predating both countries.
KPTV reported it as‘A bit preposterous’: Canadian mayor refuses to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Former Illinois Deputy Sean Grayson, convicted of the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, has died in prison. Grayson was serving a 20-year sentence and had been seeking medical release due to stage 4 cancer.
KPTV reported it asSean Grayson, former deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, dies in prison (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that Derek Chauvin was 'unjustly convicted of murder' and should be freed, aligning with Chauvin's third legal attempt to overturn his 2021 conviction. Chauvin's attorneys allege procedural errors, including Governor Tim Walz's transfer of prosecutorial oversight to state officials.
KPTV reported it asElon Musk calls for Derek Chauvin’s release; former officer files petition to overturn murder conviction (opens KPTV in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
KPTV reported it asTrump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests, including Oregon (opens KPTV in a new tab)
Rodney Mims Cook Jr, who oversees the expansion of the White House ballroom, met Kremlin officials including Anton Kobyakov during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2026. The U.S. State Department said it was unaware of the delegation, while the White House stated it continues to seek a constructive role in peace talks.
KPTV reported it asTrump says people who oppose White House ballroom are ‘very disloyal to our country’ (opens KPTV in a new tab)
A Missouri judge issued an arrest warrant for Jill Stein after she and her attorney failed to appear at a court hearing on 20 August 2026. The warrant was later dropped when her attorney appeared in court. Stein faces misdemeanour charges of trespassing and assault from an April 2024 protest at Washington University in St. Louis.
KPTV reported it asArrest warrant issued for 2024 presidential candidate Jill Stein (opens KPTV in a new tab)
USS Abraham Lincoln crew endure record deployment amid food shortages and mental health crisis
Trust 96The USS Abraham Lincoln has spent over 250 days at sea without docking, the longest continuous deployment on record. Reports describe food shortages, malfunctioning toilets and sailors attempting to jump overboard. Congressional Democrats have demanded an explanation from the defence secretary.
KPTV reported it asConcern grows over conditions aboard USS Lincoln, with reports of crew members trying to jump overboard (opens KPTV 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
- Gray TelevisionMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Meredith CorporationMedia 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
- 23
- Reports listed
- 23
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 10 August 2026
23 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. KPTV is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 23 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KPTV: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
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