KWCH12 Wichita News media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KWCH12 Wichita News in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KWCH12 Wichita News biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KWCH12 Wichita News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KWCH12 Wichita News left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KWCH12 Wichita News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KWCH12 Wichita News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KWCH12 Wichita News 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 KWCH12 Wichita News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KWCH12 Wichita News’s own report linked underneath.
South Dakotans approved two constitutional amendments, one for unclaimed property and another on non-citizen voting. In Kansas, voters passed a similar measure clarifying that only U.S. citizens can vote. Several ballot issues were rejected in South Dakota.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asKansans say ‘Yes’ to constitutional amendment on voter qualification language (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asTrump responds as voters deliver rebuke by flipping key GOP-held Senate seats (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asTrump responds as voters deliver rebuke by flipping key GOP-held Senate seats (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
A federal grand jury has indicted Kelly R. Cram, a Kansas postal worker, on charges of mail theft. She is accused of stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, including hundreds of Republican political mailers, from the Pittsburg, Kansas area.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asKansas postal worker indicted for mail theft, accused of stealing and keeping Republican mailers (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens KWCH12 Wichita News 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.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asDemocrats have won the US Senate, ending Republican dominance in Washington by harnessing voters’ frustration with Trump (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump attended a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday, arriving dressed as himself. He told reporters that his costume preparation took only ten minutes, while other guests spent significantly longer.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asTrump makes final push for Sen. Roger Marshall, continues to defend record at midterm rally in Salina (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's rally in Salina, Kansas, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the cancellation five days before the November 3, 2026, Election Day.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asPresident Trump cancels rally in Salina (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Donald Trump promised a $100 million investment in a Kentucky pharmaceutical facility if Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections. He also spoke about his power in a second term and claimed Google now defers to him.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asPresident Trump visits Kansas for campaign rally in support of Roger Marshall (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Jaden John Read, 24, was arrested in Kansas on charges of threatening President Donald Trump. The alleged threats were posted on Facebook ahead of a planned rally in Wichita, leading to a Secret Service investigation.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asMan arrested for threats against Trump after commenting on 12 News social post (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, located 63.4 light-years away. The signals, likely from the planet's aurora, suggest a powerful magnetic field, offering new insights into planetary environments beyond our solar system.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asRadio signal detected from exoplanet for the first time (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asHayden Panettiere, who starred in ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36 (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have shifted the selection of state Supreme Court justices from gubernatorial appointment to direct election. The current process, involving a nominating commission and the governor, remains unchanged after the 5 August 2026 primary.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asKansans say ‘no’: Selection process remains for Supreme Court justices (opens KWCH12 Wichita News in a new tab)
Kansas Democrats pick state senator Cindy Holscher to challenge Republican Ty Masterson for governor
Trust 60Kansas state senator Cindy Holscher won the Democratic primary for governor on 4 August 2026, securing the party’s nomination to face Republican Ty Masterson in November. The race is seen as competitive in a state that has elected governors from the opposite party of the White House for 60 years.
KWCH12 Wichita News reported it asKansas Dems choose Holscher: State senator moves on in governor’s race (opens KWCH12 Wichita News 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
We hold no ownership record for KWCH12 Wichita News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
- Official site
- kwch.com
- Seen publishing on
- kwch.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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
15 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. KWCH12 Wichita News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than KWCH12 Wichita News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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