WCHS media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WCHS one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 18 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WCHS biased?
The rating organisations do not give WCHS one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WCHS left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WCHS one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is WCHS reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WCHS are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WCHS has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WCHS’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
WCHS reported it asDemocrats flip Senate with wins in reliably red territory, nearing House control (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
WCHS reported it asDemocrats flip Senate with wins in reliably red territory, nearing House control (opens WCHS in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
WCHS reported it asPresident Trump delivers final midterm message at Reflecting Pool (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Average gasoline prices during Donald Trump's second term have surpassed those during Joe Biden's term. This development comes as voters express dissatisfaction with fuel costs, with a significant majority disapproving of Trump's handling of the issue.
WCHS reported it asGas prices now higher under Trump than Biden-era average, analysis finds (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Operation Show Me Justice, a multi-agency initiative in St. Louis, resulted in 435 arrests, the seizure of 80 kilograms of drugs, 166 illegal firearms, and over $1 million in cash. The operation involved federal agencies and local police.
WCHS reported it asOperation Show Me Justice | DOJ announces 435 arrests in St. Louis crime crackdown (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, held her first press conference, which was significantly shorter than her predecessor's. She made a verbal gaffe and faced criticism from an unnamed administration official.
WCHS reported it asNew White House press secretary to hold first press conference this week (opens WCHS in a new tab)
A naked, gold-plated statue of Donald Trump, titled 'Orange Plague' or 'King of Injustice', is on display in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, the sculpture depicts Trump on the shoulders of a man, holding a golf club. The exhibition was organised by Danish Left MEP Per Clausen and will remain until Thursday.
WCHS reported it asNaked gold Trump statue dubbed 'The Orange Plague' unveiled at European Parliament (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Flydubai has suspended all flights to and from Israel for six days following an incident aboard flight FZ1073. An Omani co-pilot is suspected of attempting a terror attack, prompting emergency consultations among Israeli leadership. The airline is cooperating with authorities during the investigation.
WCHS reported it asIsraeli officials believe attempted hijacker may have been carrying out act of terror (opens WCHS in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for South Korea to invest $200 billion in U.S. projects. The investments would include the Alaska LNG pipeline, eight nuclear power plants, and a Texas power generation facility, according to White House officials.
WCHS reported it asTrump, Lutnick to make announcement amid report on South Korea investments (opens WCHS in a new tab)
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has denied reports suggesting a withdrawal of 25,000 to 40,000 troops from Europe. While the US is re-evaluating its military presence, Whitaker affirmed continued commitment to the continent.
WCHS reported it asUS completes Iraq troop withdrawal, ending 12-year mission against ISIS (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Italy has concluded its 12-year military presence in Iraq, with the final troops returning home. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated this marks a new phase in bilateral relations, with the withdrawal completed before the September 30 deadline.
WCHS reported it asUS completes Iraq troop withdrawal, ending 12-year mission against ISIS (opens WCHS in a new tab)
The office of Republican Senator Susan Collins in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with red paint on the sidewalk reading 'Blood on her hands'. This is the second such incident in about a month, occurring just before Election Day.
WCHS reported it asSen. Collins' Biddeford office vandalized with vulgar message (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force is removing hundreds of thousands of enrollments from the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges. The action targets 760,000 individual accounts for allegedly unauthorized and fraudulent applications, with an estimated $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds expected to be saved.
WCHS reported it asVance-led task force targets $760K Obamacare enrollments in $2.2B anti-fraud push: report (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Bill Maher criticized rapper Macklemore on his show 'Real Time', bringing up a 2014 costume controversy and Macklemore's recent remarks about Gaza. Macklemore had previously donated to Palestinian aid and Robert Kraft pledged funds for Gaza.
WCHS reported it asBill Maher takes aim at Macklemore amid Gaza remarks, old 'Jew' costume controversy (opens WCHS 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.
WCHS reported it asMcConnell still silent on Senate return as colleagues filter in (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump has strongly advocated for data centers, stating that communities opposing them risk becoming "backwards and poor." He suggested that such opposition could benefit China and urged support for the facilities as a path to prosperity.
WCHS reported it asTrump pushes back against data center rejection: 'Let Data Reign' (opens WCHS in a new tab)
Iranian state media broadcast a video that allegedly suggests how to kill Barron Trump and offers a $10 million bounty for information. The Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the video and investigating the threats.
WCHS reported it asSecret Service confirms awareness of Iranian video threatening Barron Trump's life (opens WCHS in a new tab)
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week” that the first wave of progressive rhetoric, which she labelled “Woke 1”, was “crazy”. She made the remark while discussing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, who has faced criticism for past social media posts calling to abolish prisons and cancel Thanksgiving.
WCHS reported it asAOC dismisses past defunding police comments: 'Woke 1 was crazy' (opens WCHS 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- wchstv.com
- Seen publishing on
- wchstv.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
- 18
- Reports listed
- 18
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 10 August 2026
17 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.
On 4 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WCHS ran the story anyway.
Across the 18 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WCHS’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WCHS, 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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