KTEN media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give KTEN one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 233 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KTEN biased?
The rating organisations do not give KTEN one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KTEN left or right?
The rating organisations do not give KTEN one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KTEN reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KTEN 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 KTEN has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KTEN’s own report linked underneath.
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.
KTEN reported it asHow an attempt at Democratic unity in Michigan imploded (opens KTEN 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.
KTEN reported it asJudge throws out DOJ attempt to delay certification of Alaska Senate race (opens KTEN in a new tab)
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse histories and cultures of hundreds of tribal communities across the U.S. Reports highlight artists, families returning to subsistence gathering, and early childhood programs.
KTEN reported it asFrom salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November (opens KTEN in a new tab)
El Paso Matters has filed a lawsuit seeking to make public investigative records from the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. The lawsuit asserts the Texas Attorney General's Office wrongly applied the Texas Family Code to keep records secret, arguing the investigation was not a child abuse case.
KTEN reported it asEl Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records (opens KTEN 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.
KTEN reported it asJustice Department tells judge it may bring more charges against James Comey (opens KTEN in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
KTEN reported it asG20 photo scrapped amid tensions over Russian foreign minister’s presence (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
KTEN reported it asDisinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
KTEN reported it asJudge to rule on Alaska U.S. Senate case (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
KTEN reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
KTEN reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Anna Mochalova, 32, has been arrested and charged with hate crimes after allegedly stabbing two Jewish men in separate incidents in Midtown Manhattan. The attacks occurred within minutes of each other on West 47th Street and Sixth Avenue.
KTEN reported it asWoman charged with hate crimes in attack on two Jewish men in NYC (opens KTEN in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
KTEN reported it asThis Justice Department official hustles to the forefront of Trump’s legal agenda (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt held a pre-wedding celebration at Mar-a-Lago. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were among the attendees. Hannity stated he paid fair market value for the venue.
KTEN reported it asFox News’ Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt celebrate with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ahead of wedding (opens KTEN in a new tab)
Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations of contract misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on the role of Corey Lewandowski. The investigation stems from a criminal referral by the DHS Inspector General.
KTEN reported it asJustice Department investigating Republican operative Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS, sources say (opens KTEN 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.
KTEN reported it asISIS-inspired attack thwarted: an attempted assassination of TX congressman (opens KTEN 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.
KTEN reported it asMany states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows (opens KTEN 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.
KTEN reported it asMany states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows (opens KTEN in a new tab)
President Trump hosted a White House roundtable focused on combating foreign cybercrime and online scams. Officials reported significant success in preventing financial losses and disrupting criminal networks.
KTEN reported it asTrump administration touts efforts to combat cybercrime (opens KTEN in a new tab)
The United States has quietly reduced its military presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days. The State Department has also ordered a reduction of non-essential staff and their families from diplomatic posts in Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks.
KTEN reported it asUS orders departure of some embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat (opens KTEN in a new tab)
A proposed California tax on billionaires could generate substantially less revenue than anticipated, according to Stanford economists. The study suggests that wealth migration among billionaires may offset the tax's benefits, potentially leading to a net loss in state income tax revenue.
KTEN reported it asEconomists: Billionaire tax would hurt, not help, California (opens KTEN 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
We hold no ownership record for KTEN.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- kten.com
- Seen publishing on
- kten.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 233
- Reports listed
- 235
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
235 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. KTEN is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 233 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KTEN’s on 7 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 2 November 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KTEN, 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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