WABC media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WABC on the right. We have seen it on 37 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WABC biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WABC on the right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WABC left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WABC on the right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is WABC reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WABC are Ad Fontes Media: Low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WABC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WABC’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
WABC reported it asFed Reserve to Raise Interest Rates (opens WABC 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.
WABC reported it asMcConnell Spotted for the First Time in 3 Months (opens WABC in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated the United States can afford to send $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans retain control of Congress. He indicated the payments would be made after the election, and a White House budget official discussed the funding plan.
WABC reported it asTrump CONFIRMS $5,000 Payouts (opens WABC in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
WABC reported it asMamdani to Sue the Trump Admin. (opens WABC in a new tab)
Hunter Biden has indicated he might consider a 2028 presidential run, stating his priority would be Americans struggling with addiction. He made these remarks in an interview with John Catsimatidis on WABC radio, but did not commit to a campaign.
WABC reported it asHunter Biden To Join John Catsimatidis On WABC (opens WABC in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
WABC reported it asTrump Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Mail-In Ballot Restrictions (opens WABC in a new tab)
More than 17 million barrels of oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz on 1 September 2026, the US Energy Secretary announced. The figure is the highest daily transit since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, and close to pre-war levels of around 20 million barrels per day.
WABC reported it as18m Barrels of Oil Flow through The Strait of Hormuz, 90% Prewar Flow (opens WABC in a new tab)
FBI agents seized former Rep. Eric Swalwell's iPhone and MacBook Pro at San Francisco International Airport on August 15, 2026. The seizure occurred as part of a federal investigation into allegations of sexual assault. Swalwell was not arrested during the encounter.
WABC reported it asSwalwell Took Money from Chinese Spies, According to Sources (opens WABC in a new tab)
US forces attacked targets in Iran, which CENTCOM described as limited measures against mine-laying units. Iran responded with strikes on two US bases in Jordan, which Jordanian authorities said were intercepted. This marks the first direct military exchange between the two nations in weeks.
WABC reported it asTrump Vows to Hit Iran HARD... (opens WABC in a new tab)
Donald Trump has declared that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, stating that Tehran would use them if it acquired them. He also claimed that if he were not president, Israel would no longer exist.
WABC reported it asTrump Vows to Hit Iran HARD... (opens WABC in a new tab)
Greece and Israel are set to sign an agreement for the 'Achilles Shield' air defense system, valued at over three billion euros. The system aims to provide a networked shield against aircraft, drones, and ballistic missiles, and is expected to be operational within 35 months.
WABC reported it asGreece to Sign Defense Deal with Israel (opens WABC in a new tab)
A multi-agency operation in Arizona arrested 95 undocumented truck drivers holding state-issued commercial licences, most from California. The broader operation detained 143 people from 18 countries and seized methamphetamine and marijuana. The US Department of Transportation finalised a rule to block unqualified foreign drivers from obtaining licences.
WABC reported it as95 Illegal Immigrant CDL's Taken off the Road (opens WABC in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the United States Space Academy. He also presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II astronauts during a visit to NASA's Mission Control in Houston.
WABC reported it asTrump Speaks to the ISS (opens WABC in a new tab)
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged in a Minneapolis shooting has been released from a Texas jail. A judge refused to order his extradition to Minnesota, citing jurisdictional issues, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott awaits an internal state investigation.
WABC reported it asICE Agent Released After Texas Blocks Minnesota Extradition (opens WABC in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security has warned that voting machines containing components manufactured by foreign adversaries, particularly China, pose significant security risks. To qualify for federal grants, states must now conduct post-election manual counts of paper ballots.
WABC reported it asDHS to Audit Paper Ballots in 2026 Midterms (opens WABC in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
WABC reported it asJudge Allows Trump's Mail-in-Ballot Order (opens WABC in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would support legislation prohibiting Sharia law in the United States, arguing the country must have only one legal system. He cited London and Paris as examples of European capitals where Islamic religious law operates as a 'second way of life'. Trump also discussed affordability, blaming Democrats for high prices.
WABC reported it asTrump Pushes to END SHARIA LAW (opens WABC in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
WABC reported it asEnes Kanter Ejected From WNBA Game (opens WABC in a new tab)
Justice Department investigators are examining whether officials conspired against Donald Trump, seeking voluntary interviews about the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. The inquiry, based in Florida, also revisits Russian interference in the 2016 election.
WABC reported it asDOJ to Question FBI Officials in Mar-A-Lago Search (opens WABC in a new tab)
Professional lip readers have offered differing interpretations of a video showing Donald and Melania Trump in a tense conversation at the Freedom 250 IndyCar Grand Prix in Washington D.C. on August 23.
WABC reported it asMelania Donates $2 Million to Foster Youth (opens WABC 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.
Mixed factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for WABC.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- wabcradio.com
- Seen publishing on
- wabcradio.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
- 37
- Reports listed
- 38
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
38 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 7 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WABC ran the story anyway.
Across the 37 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WABC’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 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.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WABC, 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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