News 4 San Antonio media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give News 4 San Antonio one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 31 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is News 4 San Antonio biased?
The rating organisations do not give News 4 San Antonio one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is News 4 San Antonio left or right?
The rating organisations do not give News 4 San Antonio one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is News 4 San Antonio reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for News 4 San Antonio 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 News 4 San Antonio has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with News 4 San Antonio’s own report linked underneath.
Anonymous sources claimed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was considering resignation after Republican midterm losses, with some suggesting a 2028 presidential run. The State Department and White House have strongly denied these reports, calling them 'fake news'.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asReport: Rubio rumored to exit Trump administration, possible 2028 White House bid (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
The White House has denied reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio might resign. Hegseth faces pressure over the Iran war, while Rubio stated his intention to serve Trump's full term.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asReport: Rubio rumored to exit Trump administration, possible 2028 White House bid (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
Texas state Representative Brian Harrison has called on Governor Greg Abbott to convene a special legislative session. Harrison wants to limit the emergency powers of Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa before she is sworn in, citing concerns about unchecked authority.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asTexas Republican lawmaker calls for special session before Gina Hinojosa takes office (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asMTG says Vance, Trump should have listened to her and Tucker Carlson about Iran war (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asDemocrats turn Texas blue in historic election, ending decades of Republican control (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asDemocrats turn Texas blue in historic election, ending decades of Republican control (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asSir Patrick Stewart, actor who starred in 'Star Trek’ and 'X-Men', dies at 86 (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asSecretary Bessent mocks Obama following the former president's Cheesecake Factory comment (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asSecretary Bessent mocks Obama following the former president's Cheesecake Factory comment (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher, has been released by Russia after nearly five years of detention. He was convicted of serving as a mercenary. The release was announced by former President Donald Trump, who stated Russia demanded nothing in return.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asAmerican freed from Russian prison after four years arrives in San Antonio (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asBexar County sets nonpresidential early voting record with 42,000 ballots cast day one (opens News 4 San Antonio 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.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asBexar County sets nonpresidential early voting record with 42,000 ballots cast day one (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
Democratic strategist James Carville stated he would prefer Republicans win the midterm elections by five seats rather than Democrats achieve a similar victory. He expressed concern that a narrow Democratic majority would make the party beholden to the Democratic Socialists of America.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asJames Carville says he prefers GOP win midterms because Dems would be 'hostage' to DSA (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is planning a series of campaign trips in the final weeks before the midterm elections. Analysts suggest the Republican Party's chances of maintaining control of Congress are decreasing.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asJames Carville says he prefers GOP win midterms because Dems would be 'hostage' to DSA (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has welcomed an announced energy truce between Russia and Ukraine but expressed doubt that Russia will abide by it. She stated that the truce would benefit Russia more than Ukraine and called for continued pressure on Moscow.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asTrump declares Russia and Ukraine agreed to energy ceasefire after Putin call, diesel deal (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz spoke at an event commemorating the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. He shared stories of former hostages and stated the attack had backfired on Iran and its proxies. Television host Dr. Phil McGraw also addressed the gathering.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asAt UN's October 7th Commemoration, U.S.'s Waltz says attack on Israel 'backfired on Iran' (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has approved a firing‑squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The decision follows a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asPOLL: Do you support using a firing squad to execute 2009 Fort Hood mass shooter? (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for South Korea to invest $200 billion in U.S. projects. The investments would include the Alaska LNG pipeline, eight nuclear power plants, and a Texas power generation facility, according to White House officials.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asTrump, Lutnick to make announcement amid report on South Korea investments (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
Russia's Defence Ministry claims its forces have taken control of over 5,300 square kilometres and 220 settlements in Ukraine since the beginning of 2026. September saw advances of 670 square kilometres and 27 settlements, according to the ministry.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asTrump says Russia has 'lost control' of its oil diesel industry (opens News 4 San Antonio in a new tab)
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Russia launched over 2,000 attack drones, 1,700 guided aerial bombs, and 19 missiles against Ukraine in the past week. The attacks targeted civilian and critical infrastructure across multiple regions, including a drone strike on a monastery that killed a priest.
News 4 San Antonio reported it asUkraine hits Moscow oil refinery in massive drone and missile attack (opens News 4 San Antonio 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
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States
- Official site
- news4sanantonio.com
- Seen publishing on
- news4sanantonio.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
- 31
- Reports listed
- 31
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 8 August 2026
28 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. News 4 San Antonio 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 News 4 San Antonio’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 33 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
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