KSHB-TV media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSHB-TV in the centre. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KSHB-TV biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSHB-TV in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KSHB-TV left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSHB-TV in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KSHB-TV reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KSHB-TV 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 KSHB-TV has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KSHB-TV’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
KSHB-TV reported it asTrump calls potential EU-Canada partnership a 'hostile act,' threatens heavy tariffs (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed Executive Order 2618 on September 16, 2026, to establish safeguards for automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology. The order mandates data deletion after 30 days, prohibits data sales, and bans AI facial recognition integration.
KSHB-TV reported it asMissouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signs executive order to establish guidelines for automated license plate readers (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion arms package that includes 40,000 heavy aerial bombs. The sale, reported by The Washington Post, involves munitions that have been linked to civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon.
KSHB-TV reported it asUS plans major bomb shipment to Israel amid ongoing strikes in Gaza (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
Nicholas La Strada, former Missouri election integrity director, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The suit claims La Strada was fired for raising concerns about alleged illegal election activities, including recounting write-in votes and using state funds for political mailings.
KSHB-TV reported it asMissouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European officials had travelled on a train that passed through the area shortly before the attack, according to reports. Poland's Prime Minister warned of intensified Russian attacks.
KSHB-TV reported it asRussia hits Poland-Ukraine border area amid wave of attacks targeting gas stations, Kyiv says (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
A federal judge has permitted Missouri's Supreme Court to hold a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The hearing concerns a dispute over new congressional districts supported by Donald Trump, with legal battles ongoing.
KSHB-TV reported it asMissouri Supreme Court contempt hearing underway against Secretary of State (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. This follows a federal appeals panel's decision to let a new map stand, sending the dispute back to the nation's highest court.
KSHB-TV reported it asRedistricting opponents in Missouri appeal to Supreme Court after appeals court lets stand new map (opens KSHB-TV 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.
KSHB-TV reported it asCrew from USS Abraham Lincoln takes a break in Thailand after long months at sea (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, alleging its transgender student policies violate federal law. The school district maintains its policies are compliant with federal regulations.
KSHB-TV reported it asDOJ sues Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools over transgender guideline (opens KSHB-TV 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
- E. W. Scripps CompanyCorporationdirect 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
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
9 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. KSHB-TV is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KSHB-TV: its report arrived a median of 16 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KSHB-TV, 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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