WBRZ media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places WBRZ in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WBRZ biased?
Ad Fontes Media places WBRZ in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WBRZ left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places WBRZ in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WBRZ reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WBRZ are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WBRZ has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WBRZ’s own report linked underneath.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
WBRZ reported it asSpeaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
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.
WBRZ reported it asFederal Reserve hikes key rate for first time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
WBRZ reported it asOil surges past $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing on Wednesday in New Orleans on Louisiana’s lawsuit aiming to overturn the federal policy that allows abortion pills to be prescribed without an in‑person visit. Medication abortion now dominates abortions, and telehealth prescriptions keep rising.
WBRZ reported it asAppeals court considering AG's push to restrict abortion medications (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Millions of affordable rental units in the U.S. remain vacant because the poorest households cannot afford them. These households, earning below 30% of area median income, face severe housing shortages, with many paying over half their income on rent and utilities.
WBRZ reported it asThe poorest in the US cant find housing even as low-income units sit empty (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Chevron announced plans to invest over $7 billion in Venezuela, targeting 600,000 barrels per day by 2031. The deal follows a US government push to revive Venezuela’s oil industry, including Pentagon profit-sharing, but analysts question its legal and political durability.
WBRZ reported it asUS oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
WBRZ reported it asPostal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Tennessee's governor has proposed renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, days after her death. The proposal faces a policy hurdle regarding naming rights for recently deceased individuals and will be discussed by the airport authority on September 17.
WBRZ reported it asPush to rename Nashville airport for Dolly Parton gets a boost from Tennessees governor (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved daraxonrasib, branded as Rasonque, for metastatic pancreatic cancer. In trials, patients taking the drug lived a median of 13.2 months, compared to 6.7 months on chemotherapy.
WBRZ reported it asFDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug thats shown to improve survival (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 49,571 people in July, the highest single monthly total during the second Trump administration. This figure represents a 15% increase from June and a 70% increase from February.
WBRZ reported it asICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump's second term (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
The Trump administration is implementing new regulations that extend beyond border enforcement, targeting immigrants through measures like limiting tax credit refunds and requiring English proficiency for truck drivers.
WBRZ reported it asICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump's second term (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
WBRZ reported it asHayden Panettiere dies at 36 (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, have asked a Utah judge to block the death penalty. They argue the shooting did not endanger other attendees at the Utah Valley University event on 10 September 2025. Prosecutors say DNA links Robinson to the weapon.
WBRZ reported it asDefense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit intended target (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 10 August 2026 to separate the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots and reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11. The order advises states with school vaccine mandates to consider updating their laws, though states retain authority over vaccination requirements.
WBRZ reported it asTrump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
RWE U.S. Offshore agreed to abandon offshore wind projects off New York, California and Louisiana for $1.22bn, the latest in a series of federal buybacks totalling $3.9bn. The company will invest $1.2bn in Louisiana LNG and natural gas projects, while states plan legal challenges.
WBRZ reported it asTrump administration's latest buyback of offshore wind leases brings total to nearly $4 billion (opens WBRZ in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
WBRZ reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer questions (opens WBRZ 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 MediacenterCheck 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.
Very high factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for WBRZ.
Where it publishes from
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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
16 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WBRZ is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WBRZ: its report arrived a median of 15 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WBRZ, 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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