News 5 Cleveland media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place News 5 Cleveland in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is News 5 Cleveland biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place News 5 Cleveland in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is News 5 Cleveland left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place News 5 Cleveland in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is News 5 Cleveland reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for News 5 Cleveland 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 5 Cleveland has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with News 5 Cleveland’s own report linked underneath.
A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his senior advisers for laughing and talking near the memorial. The incident occurred at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day following a ceremony.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asVideo shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing an impeachment resolution in Congress, largely focused on the war in Iran, with references to actions in Yemen and Venezuela. Hegseth announced he would hold a press conference to discuss the matter.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asHegseth calls impeachment effort a ‘farce’ ahead of possible House vote (opens News 5 Cleveland 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 5 Cleveland reported it asWhat Ohio's early voting numbers reveal (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asWhat Ohio's early voting numbers reveal (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it produced an ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad includes criticism of Acton and insinuations about her mental health. The campaign plans a significant advertising spend around the video, which has drawn criticism.
News 5 Cleveland reported it as'Just wrong': Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tells Ramaswamy to immediately take down controversial ad (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
News 5 Cleveland reported it as2 rides at Kings Island temporarily closed after deadly accident at Six Flags in Georgia (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced that Cleveland, Ohio, has been selected as the site for a new U.S. Submarine Component Repair Center. The facility will be responsible for manufacturing, repairing, and maintaining parts for U.S. submarines.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asCleveland to get submarine parts repair center, Trump says (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
A protester at a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, was punched by a supporter and subsequently mocked by the president for their weight. The incident occurred as federal officers executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asRepublicans hope Trump visiting Ohio will energize voters (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
During a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, attendees attacked a protester. Video captured supporters pulling at her clothing, shoving her, and striking her. Donald Trump referred to the protester as 'paid' and 'scum,' and mocked her weight. No arrests were made.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asRepublicans hope Trump visiting Ohio will energize voters (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
Record-high diesel prices have prompted Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to call for an embargo on exports. Farm state Republicans are pressuring the White House to stop exports, citing the impact on farmers and truckers.
News 5 Cleveland reported it asNortheast Ohio farmers deal with impact of rising fuel prices as diesel goes to over $6.50 a gallon (opens News 5 Cleveland in a new tab)
A 20-year-old Haitian student died by suicide in Springfield, Ohio, after his Temporary Protected Status was terminated. An advocacy group stated the decision to end TPS contributed to his death.
News 5 Cleveland reported it as20-year-old Haitian immigrant dies by suicide in Springfield; family blames deportation fears (opens News 5 Cleveland 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
- E. W. Scripps CompanyCorporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- news5cleveland.com
- Seen publishing on
- news5cleveland.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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
10 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. News 5 Cleveland is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of News 5 Cleveland: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 12 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as News 5 Cleveland, also publishing from United States, 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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