KSL media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSL in the centre. We have seen it on 31 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KSL biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSL in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KSL left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KSL in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KSL reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KSL 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 KSL has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KSL’s own report linked underneath.
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution expressing no confidence in President Michael Kotlikoff and the central administration. The vote follows a lawsuit by a former student alleging sexual assault and criticism of the university's response.
KSL reported it asCornell faculty vote 'no confidence' in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape (opens KSL in a new tab)
A study analyzing satellite data from 2002 to 2022 indicates the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become bluer and greener. Researchers suggest microplastic pollution is a likely cause, though further direct measurements are needed for definitive proof.
KSL reported it asThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch may have so much plastic, it's changing the color of the ocean (opens KSL in a new tab)
Donald Trump blamed Democrats and voters for a significant stock market drop on Thursday, stating the market suffered one of its worst days in history due to election results. The Nasdaq fell more than 5 percent, with AI-related companies heavily impacted.
KSL reported it asMassive tech sell-off wipes $2.5T from the stock market (opens KSL in a new tab)
European stock markets saw significant gains following the US midterm elections, with banking and clean energy sectors leading the advance. The dollar weakened against major currencies as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress.
KSL reported it asUS stocks surge; Dow soars 1,500 points as oil prices tumble following midterms (opens KSL in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
KSL reported it asDemocrats win US Senate by harnessing voters' frustration with Trump (opens KSL in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will cease financial aid to Israel by the end of the year. The decision has drawn criticism from Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan and revealed surprise among Israeli defense and finance officials.
KSL reported it asUS will halt $4B in aid to Israel as the Mideast ally shifts to buying military hardware, Trump says (opens KSL in a new tab)
The Trump administration has announced $15 billion in aid for agriculture producers, intended to mitigate increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. The package includes direct payments, guaranteed loans, and commodity purchases, with details emerging in the weeks before the midterm elections.
KSL reported it asTrump administration promises US farmers $15 billion in the weeks before the midterms (opens KSL in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
KSL reported it asSupermarket freezers in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks (opens KSL in a new tab)
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across the Southwest, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Arizona and Colorado. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is forecast to reach historic levels, while Sedona, Arizona, residents are being urged to leave their homes.
KSL reported it asFlash floods trigger evacuations in Arizona and Colorado amid heavy rains in southwest (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asAbdul El-Sayed's Democratic rival, Haley Stevens, endorses GOP's Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asJudge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses (opens KSL in a new tab)
An analysis of a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters in California found that 42% of the names could not be found on the state's voter rolls. The study, conducted by UCLA data analysts, also indicated that thousands of U.S. citizens may have been incorrectly flagged.
KSL reported it asMore than 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens not on California's voter rolls: analysis (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asRubio says the US government did not facilitate Bolsonaro's flight to the US (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asTrump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asJudge puts off decision in Comey case as prosecutors pursue new indictment (opens KSL 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.
KSL reported it asPatrick Stewart, stage giant also of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86 (opens KSL in a new tab)
A federal judge has fixed a September 2027 trial date for Cole Tomas Allen, accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ dinner. Jury selection begins 7 September in Washington, D.C., and the case is expected to run three to four weeks.
KSL reported it asSeptember 2027 trial date set for charged White House correspondents' dinner attacker (opens KSL in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
KSL reported it asUS-brokered ceasefire starts in Ukrainian town facing starvation (opens KSL in a new tab)
A 20-year-old U.S. Marine, Devin Ballard, has been indicted on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa. The incident, which occurred in early October, has led to a curfew for U.S. military personnel and a protest from the Japanese government.
KSL reported it asUS Marine indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa (opens KSL in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
KSL reported it asWall Street banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion to finance Broadcom AI chips for Anthropic (opens KSL 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Bonneville InternationalMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Deseret Management CorporationCorporationparent group
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
- 31
- Reports listed
- 32
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 22 September 2026
31 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. KSL is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 31 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KSL’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 34 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 22 October 2026.
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