Spectrum Local News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Spectrum Local News in the centre. We have seen it on 199 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Spectrum Local News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Spectrum Local News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Spectrum Local News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Spectrum Local News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Spectrum Local News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Spectrum Local 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 Spectrum Local News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Spectrum Local News’s own report linked underneath.
An analysis of a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters in California found that 42% of the names could not be found on the state's voter rolls. The study, conducted by UCLA data analysts, also indicated that thousands of U.S. citizens may have been incorrectly flagged.
Spectrum Local News reported it asMore than 40% of names on DOJ list not on California's voter rolls: analysis (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
El Paso Matters has filed a lawsuit seeking to make public investigative records from the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. The lawsuit asserts the Texas Attorney General's Office wrongly applied the Texas Family Code to keep records secret, arguing the investigation was not a child abuse case.
Spectrum Local News reported it asEl Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
American Federation of Teachers sues Education Secretary over Public Service Loan Forgiveness delays
Trust 86The American Federation of Teachers filed a class‑action lawsuit against Education Secretary Linda McMahon, claiming the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has stalled for over 90,000 borrowers. The suit says 88,000 applications remain undecided and cites Senator Ed Markey’s $96 billion relief figure.
Spectrum Local News reported it asTeachers union sues education secretary over public service loan forgiveness (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
New York has enacted legislation restricting how AI companion chatbots interact with children under 18. The law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, defines a dozen prohibited 'unsafe AI companion features' and takes effect January 1.
Spectrum Local News reported it asNew York enacts ban on ‘unsafe’ chatbot behavior with kids (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
The Justice Department has sent letters to election officials in all 50 states warning them of potential criminal prosecution for failing to preserve election records for 22 months. The letters, dated October 29, were signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter.
Spectrum Local News reported it asDOJ's plans to deploy election monitors, California responds (opens Spectrum Local 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.
Spectrum Local News reported it asStage giant Patrick Stewart, of ‘Star Trek’ and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86 (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments regarding the Justice Department's request to prevent California from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the citizenship of the voters can be confirmed. California officials argue this is impossible and could disenfranchise legitimate voters.
Spectrum Local News reported it asJudge weighs whether California can count up to 20,000 disputed ballots (opens Spectrum Local News 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.
Spectrum Local News reported it asThe final push for Texas' U.S. Senate candidates ahead of Election Day (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
President Trump has intensified his false accusations against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a 'jihadist' and a 'Muslim Brotherhood member'. El-Sayed has responded by dismissing the attacks as distractions from key issues.
Spectrum Local News reported it asEl-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
A report by House Democrats includes a new allegation from Beatrice Keul, who claims Donald Trump raped her in 1993. The report also alleges Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse. The White House denies the claims.
Spectrum Local News reported it asHouse Democrats say DOJ hiding Trump-Epstein assault evidence (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
Democratic lawmakers have called for a special counsel to investigate Donald Trump's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein. A new report details accusations against Trump and claims the DOJ sought to protect him.
Spectrum Local News reported it asHouse Democrats say DOJ hiding Trump-Epstein assault evidence (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has proposed imposing 200% tariffs on Ukraine and Russia if they do not sign a peace agreement. He claimed tariffs had previously ended five wars but acknowledged they might be ineffective against these two countries due to low trade volumes.
Spectrum Local News reported it asSen. Mitch McConnell pens scathing WSJ op-ed about Russia diesel deal (opens Spectrum Local 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.
Spectrum Local News reported it asAppeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, arriving in the border city of Dandong via a newly opened bridge. This marks his first visit to the country in more than a year, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Spectrum Local News reported it asKim Jong Un visits China to inaugurate new cross-border bridge (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
A shareholder has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his family's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, alleging illegal profits from deals with the United Arab Emirates. The suit claims violations of the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause.
Spectrum Local News reported it asLawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting from UAE crypto investments (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting field operations to identify noncitizen voters in nine states. The order cites concerns that the department's efforts rely on flawed data that may include U.S. citizens.
Spectrum Local News reported it asJudge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting probe in 9 states (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks this year against Russia, targeting an oil terminal in St. Petersburg. The strikes come amid increasing tensions between Ukraine and the US, with President Trump criticising President Zelensky.
Spectrum Local News reported it asRussian missiles hit Kyiv as Moscow says it downed 800+ Ukrainian drones (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv overnight, killing one person and injuring 22, including four children. The attacks damaged infrastructure and buildings across six districts of the capital. Russia reported drone attacks on its territory.
Spectrum Local News reported it asRussian missiles hit Kyiv as Moscow says it downed 800+ Ukrainian drones (opens Spectrum Local News in a new tab)
Ukraine's Defense Intelligence estimates Russia has up to 700 ballistic missiles, thousands of cruise missiles, and over 6,000 attack drones in reserve. Moscow's monthly production of drones has reached 10,000 units, with significant output of various missile types.
Spectrum Local News reported it asRussian missiles hit Kyiv as Moscow says it downed 800+ Ukrainian drones (opens Spectrum Local News 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.
Spectrum Local News reported it asMore than 14 million Americans have already voted ahead of midterms (opens Spectrum Local News 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
Who owns it
- Charter CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Advance PublicationsMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Liberty MediaMedia Conglomerateparent group
- SoftBank Groupunknownparent group
- Capital Group CompaniesPrivate Equityparent group
- The Vanguard GroupPrivate Equityparent group
- The Master Trust Bank of Japanunknownparent group
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupCorporationparent group
- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporationunknownparent group
- Nippon LifeCorporationparent group
- Meiji Yasuda LifeCorporationparent group
- Norinchukin BankCorporationparent group
- Japan Trustee Services Bankunknownparent group
- Resona HoldingsCorporationparent group
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust HoldingsCorporationparent group
- Masayoshi SonBillionaireparent group
- JPMorgan ChasePrivate Equityparent group
- Citibankunknownparent group
- CitigroupPrivate Equityparent group
- Baillie GiffordPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- spectrumlocalnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- spectrumlocalnews.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
- 199
- Reports listed
- 203
- We could read
- 9
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
194 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 9 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Spectrum Local News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 199 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Spectrum Local News’s on 9 of them. Overall it filed a median of 23 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 October 2026.
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