wavenewspapers media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places wavenewspapers as leaning left. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is wavenewspapers biased?
Ad Fontes Media places wavenewspapers as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is wavenewspapers left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places wavenewspapers as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is wavenewspapers reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for wavenewspapers are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What wavenewspapers has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with wavenewspapers’s own report linked underneath.
California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton met for their only scheduled debate. Becerra repeatedly linked Hilton to Donald Trump's policies, while Hilton accused Becerra of avoiding state issues and tied him to Governor Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
wavenewspapers reported it asBecerra, Hilton share views on state’s cost of living - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
A federal judge terminated the 23‑year federal monitoring of Oakland’s police force after the department satisfied every reform required by the 2003 settlement of the Riders scandal, a case that also saw the city pay $11 million to victims.
wavenewspapers reported it asFederal oversight of Oakland police department ends after 23 years - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Converse has removed a social media advertisement featuring K-pop singer Karina after critics said the imagery evoked racist symbols, including those associated with the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The company issued an apology, stating they understood why the image was upsetting and had made a mistake.
wavenewspapers reported it asConverse pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Jamaica is to file a petition with King Charles III seeking legal guidance on slavery reparations. The petition asks the King to refer three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council concerning the legality of slavery and the UK's obligation. The delegation will also discuss the repatriation of cultural artefacts.
wavenewspapers reported it asJamaica petitions King Charles for reparations support - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Thousands of protesters are expected on the National Mall for the "Defend the Vote" March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. The event follows a Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
wavenewspapers reported it asHundreds gather near Lincoln Memorial for ‘Defend the Vote’ march - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Former Illinois Deputy Sean Grayson, convicted of the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, has died in prison. Grayson was serving a 20-year sentence and had been seeking medical release due to stage 4 cancer.
wavenewspapers reported it asFormer deputy who killed Sonya Massey dies in prison - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman lost the Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida to state Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America member. Donald Trump celebrated the result on Truth Social, calling Vindman a 'treasonous creep' and demanding his prosecution.
wavenewspapers reported it asDemocratic socialist seeks to become first Black U.S. Senator from Florida - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Nathan Hochman reduces felony charges against LAPD officer Daniel Flores over racist recordings
Trust 70Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman reduced 16 felony charges to misdemeanours against LAPD Officer Daniel Flores, who secretly recorded colleagues making racist and sexist remarks. The decision followed backlash that the original charges could discourage whistleblowers from reporting misconduct.
wavenewspapers reported it asLAPD officer who recorded others has charges reduced - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group (opens wavenewspapers in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Ad Fontes MedialeanLeftCheck it
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.
High factuality
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for wavenewspapers.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- wavepublication.com
- Seen publishing on
- wavepublication.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
- 8
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 21 August 2026
8 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 1 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and wavenewspapers ran the story anyway.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of wavenewspapers: its report arrived a median of 3 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 October 2026. Ratings pulled 20 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as wavenewspapers, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where wavenewspapers publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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