Local 3 News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Local 3 News in the centre. We have seen it on 292 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Local 3 News biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Local 3 News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Local 3 News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Local 3 News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Local 3 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Local 3 News are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Local 3 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Local 3 News’s own report linked underneath.
Republicans suffered significant losses in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, losing control of the House and likely the Senate. Allies of President Trump are attributing these defeats to the economic consequences of the ongoing Iran war, particularly high gas prices.
Local 3 News reported it as‘How did we get here?’: Inside a losing GOP campaign defined by Trump (opens Local 3 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.
Local 3 News reported it asMidterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asTrump says US is cutting off aid to Israel at year’s end because ‘they don’t need it’ (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
Local 3 News reported it asSpanish Footballer Jesús De Miguel Dies After a Collision in the Field (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
Local 3 News reported it asThe U.S. Carried Out Limited "Defensive" Attacks on the Iranian Island of Qeshm, According to an Official (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asHow an attempt at Democratic unity in Michigan imploded (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asJudge Rejects Attempt by the Department of Justice to Delay Certification of Senate Election in Alaska (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
A fire damaged the Senatobia Police Department building on Saturday morning. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the incident. The department has been at the centre of controversy following an officer-involved shooting in June.
Local 3 News reported it asFederal officials investigate arson at beleaguered police department in Mississippi (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asTrump's Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Is Finally Dismissed by a Judge (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asRubio Says the U.S. "Was Not Directly Involved" in Flávio Bolsonaro's Departure From Brazil After the Elections (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asDeep rifts among G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, prompt US to ditch group photo plan (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asPatrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies aged 86 (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
Local 3 News reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
Local 3 News reported it asNew CNN Polls in Four States Highlight the Path of the Democtata Party to a Majority in the Senate (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
At a Fort Myers rally, President Donald Trump unveiled a programme to recruit nurses for nursing homes. Reports differ on the funding level, $250 million or $275 million, and on the number of nurses to be hired, ranging from more than 4,000 to at least 5,000.
Local 3 News reported it asLa Habana no quiere ceder ante Trump, pero los cubanos de a pie no tienen tiempo que perder (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens Local 3 News 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.
Local 3 News reported it asThe Cheesecake Factory’s longtime design boss says it looks nothing like the Trump White House (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
Edwin Brant Frost IV, a prominent Georgia Republican, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors stated the scheme defrauded over 300 victims and resulted in losses exceeding $76 million.
Local 3 News reported it asProminent Georgia Republican gets 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in Ponzi scheme (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
Local 3 News reported it asAppeals court rejects Trump DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
An independent UN investigations panel has concluded that Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, particularly its energy systems. The report details the intent behind these attacks and their severe impact on the civilian population.
Local 3 News reported it asUN Commission: Russia Commits Crimes Against Humanity by Attacking Civilians in Ukraine (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Local 3 News.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- local3news.com
- Seen publishing on
- local3news.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
- 292
- Reports listed
- 305
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
304 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. Local 3 News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 292 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Local 3 News’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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