McAlester News-Capital media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give McAlester News-Capital one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 156 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is McAlester News-Capital biased?
The rating organisations do not give McAlester News-Capital one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is McAlester News-Capital left or right?
The rating organisations do not give McAlester News-Capital one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is McAlester News-Capital reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for McAlester News-Capital are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What McAlester News-Capital has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with McAlester News-Capital’s own report linked underneath.
LeJames Norman was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for a 2005 triple murder. On the same day, a Georgia judge issued a stay of execution for Stacey Humphreys, citing a new sentencing law.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asTexas puts to death a man in killing of 3 during home robbery, the state’s fifth execution this year (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asTrump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated the United States should have the lowest interest rates in the world. He made the remarks ahead of the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy meeting, arguing the nation's strong credit allows it to influence global economics.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asFederal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump's demands (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas announced that an explosive device was found on a drone shot down over Lithuania and has been neutralized. The drone had entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and was downed by Italian fighter jets.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asNATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania and Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopter (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asThe Latest: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asRepublican Mitch McConnell says he'll vote in the Senate on Monday for first time since his hospitalization in June (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Landowners, ranchers, and business owners in Texas are suing the Trump administration to stop border wall construction in the Big Bend region. The lawsuit argues the government is misusing powers to waive environmental and other regulations in an area with low rates of illegal crossings.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asTexas landowners ask a court to stop Trump’s Big Bend wall plans (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have significantly reduced the country's diesel production. Three of Russia's six largest diesel-producing refineries cut production or halted operations entirely in September due to damage from these strikes.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asZelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against Columbia University, alleging the institution failed to protect him and other pro-Palestinian students from harassment and retaliated against them. The suit claims the university's actions led to doxing and Khalil's detention by immigration agents.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asMahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Democratic state parties are launching the "New Battlefield Project" to recruit 10,000 volunteers for the midterm elections. The effort is intended to guard polling places against potential federal officer presence and to counter perceived interference from the Trump administration.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asDemocrats and activist groups plan to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asMaduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty Tuesday in federal money laundering case (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that it is 'deeply unfair' for individuals assigned male at birth to compete against girls in sports. He acknowledged struggling to find a fair solution, aligning with a broader trend of Democrats recalibrating their approach to transgender issues amid Republican political attacks.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asSome Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
A multi-vehicle crash on South Africa's N1 highway in the Western Cape Province has resulted in at least 21 fatalities. Three individuals sustained serious injuries and were transported to hospital.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asA road crash involving multiple vehicles in South Africa kills at least 21 people, authorities say (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asIndonesia continues search for at least 129 missing after ferry capsizes, 6 bodies recovered (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight an ongoing debate within faith communities. One church seeks reprimand for alleged spying on protest activity, while another faces charges related to a disrupted worship service.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asMinnesota churches roiled by legal battle over ICE surveillance and right to protest (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asTrump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Pastor Daimon L. King, a registered sex offender with prior child-related convictions, delivered the opening prayer at a rally for North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Michael Whatley. Whatley's campaign stated they did not know King and that the event was not planned by the campaign.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asConvicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
US stock markets closed lower on September 15, 2026, influenced by climbing oil prices and Treasury yields. Concerns about artificial intelligence spending and corporate demand also added to investor apprehension, leading to a broad market downturn.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asHow major US stock indexes fared Friday 9/11/2026 (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Satellite data has detected a large fire and thermal anomalies near Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. Unconfirmed reports suggest Houthi forces may be responsible, though Saudi authorities have not confirmed the incident.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asSaudi Arabia says major East-West oil pipeline was shut down as a precaution after it was attacked (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic reported that a group in northern Yemen used its Claude chatbot to develop guidance software for weapons, including a guided rocket and a ballistic missile. The company banned the accounts after detecting the activity.
McAlester News-Capital reported it asUsers in Houthi-held Yemen tried to develop advanced weapons with AI, Anthropic says (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- CNHIunknowndirect owner
- Retirement Systems of AlabamaPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- mcalesternews.com
- Seen publishing on
- mcalesternews.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 156
- Reports listed
- 158
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
158 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.
On 31 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and McAlester News-Capital ran the story anyway.
Across the 156 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than McAlester News-Capital’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 17 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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