WHP media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WHP 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 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WHP biased?
The rating organisations do not give WHP 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 WHP left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WHP 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 WHP reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WHP are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WHP has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WHP’s own report linked underneath.
US President Donald Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit at the White House on September 24. The leaders are expected to discuss trade, rare earth supplies, and artificial intelligence. Xi's visit marks the first by a Chinese leader to the US presidential residence in over a decade.
WHP reported it asTrump takes inaugural flight from White House helipad as networks boycott event coverage (opens WHP in a new tab)
Donald Trump's remarks at a White House event were broadcast without sound by US television channels. This followed a boycott by major broadcasters in protest against the White House barring several news outlets from access.
WHP reported it asTrump takes inaugural flight from White House helipad as networks boycott event coverage (opens WHP in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
WHP reported it asTrump rips his own Supreme Court picks after mail-in voting loss (opens WHP in a new tab)
An American flag was unfurled at sunrise at the Pentagon to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The ceremony honored the 184 military personnel and civilians who died at the Pentagon.
WHP reported it asMassive American flag unfurls over Pentagon for 9/11 anniversary (opens WHP in a new tab)
Four individuals serving mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reconsider their cases. They filed a rare King's Bench petition after the state legislature adjourned without passing legislation to address a prior court ruling that found such sentences unconstitutional.
WHP reported it asInmates appeal murder convictions after lawmakers fail to pass sentencing guidelines (opens WHP in a new tab)
The Justice Department and Treasury Department have taken action against Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language marketplace operating on Telegram. Authorities seized Telegram channels and cryptocurrency wallets tied to the platform, which allegedly served as an escrow service for online scam centers.
WHP reported it asDOJ takes down Chinese scam network targeting 'every American with a retirement account' (opens WHP in a new tab)
Families of victims of the 9/11 attacks are calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to not attend the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony at Ground Zero. A petition to ban him has gathered over 98,000 signatures, and families plan to ignore him if he attends.
WHP reported it as9/11 victim families; 100,000 other petitioners don't want Mamdani at memorial ceremonies (opens WHP in a new tab)
A Wall Street Journal report has led to criticism of Senator John Fetterman from former staffers and Democratic lawmakers. The report alleges Fetterman has shown little interest in his work, including constituent meetings and attending certain events.
WHP reported it asSen. Fetterman didn't attend funeral of 3 fallen officers because it was too long: report (opens WHP in a new tab)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has excluded two measles-associated deaths reported by Pennsylvania from its latest weekly update. The agency stated the decision was made pending further investigation into the cause of the deaths.
WHP reported it asCDC excludes two PA measles-associated deaths from U.S. death toll (opens WHP in a new tab)
Lancaster County Commissioner Joshua Parsons accused Governor Josh Shapiro of deception regarding two measles-associated deaths. The county coroner stated the infant died from a ruptured spleen, not measles. The state has confirmed 460 measles cases.
WHP reported it asLancaster County Coroner says infant died from ruptured spleen, not measles (opens WHP in a new tab)
Influencer Hasan Piker sang a song titled 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event, which multiple right-rated outlets reported as mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The event occurred near the anniversary of Kirk's death.
WHP reported it asLeftist streamer Hasan Piker mocks Charlie Kirk during a live show (opens WHP in a new tab)
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on 18 August 2026 imposing new restrictions on data center development, including local approval requirements and removal from fast-track permitting. The move reverses his earlier support for such projects and follows bipartisan opposition to their environmental and energy impacts.
WHP reported it asPA governor signs executive order on AI data centers: 'nation’s strictest guardrails' (opens WHP 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.
WHP reported it asHayden Panettiere, star of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville' dead at 36 (opens WHP in a new tab)
Donald Trump published a National Park Service employee’s statement alleging David Hearn violently ripped the Reflecting Pool’s coating. The U.S. Attorney moved to dismiss the case, citing a botched installation. A new sign at the pool blames previous administrations, including Trump’s own term, for clogged water ports.
WHP reported it asTrump admits 'some contractor error' with Reflecting Pool, maintains vandalism claims (opens WHP 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, United States
- Official site
- local21news.com
- Seen publishing on
- local21news.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
- 14
- Reports listed
- 14
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
14 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 4 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WHP ran the story anyway.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WHP’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 25 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 25 September 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WHP, 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.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where WHP 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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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.