WJFW NewsWatch 12 media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WJFW NewsWatch 12 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 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WJFW NewsWatch 12 biased?
The rating organisations do not give WJFW NewsWatch 12 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 WJFW NewsWatch 12 left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WJFW NewsWatch 12 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 WJFW NewsWatch 12 reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WJFW NewsWatch 12 are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WJFW NewsWatch 12 has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WJFW NewsWatch 12’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat David Crowley has won the Wisconsin governor's race, defeating Republican Tom Tiffany. Crowley will be the first Black governor in the state's history. The election took place in a state described as a battleground.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asDemocrat David Crowley defeats Trump loyalist to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Montana's officially nonpartisan Supreme Court elections are being tested by partisan efforts. Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to preserve nonpartisanship, while candidates Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson receive backing from opposing political groups.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asNonpartisan state Supreme Court elections are being put to the test in Montana (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Lockheed Martin has revealed the PAC-3 Edge, a new missile interceptor intended to counter hypersonic and advanced threats. The company plans significant investment in the project, with testing slated for 2027 and deployment by 2031.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asLockheed Martin Debuts PAC-3 Edge™ for the U.S. Army's Innovative Future Interceptor Program (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that taxpayer-funded television advertisements promoting the president are illegal government propaganda. The ads have cost more than $12 million.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asWisconsin Democrats sue Trump, federal agencies over taxpayer funded campaign ads (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
California voters will decide on Proposition 39, a measure requiring government-issued identification to cast a ballot. The initiative has drawn attention for its politically charged language in the official voter guide and an estimated annual cost of tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asWhy are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure? (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Congress has voted to close a federal loophole that allowed a multibillion-dollar market for intoxicating hemp products to flourish. The ban, delayed to December 11, threatens billions in revenue and thousands of jobs, with the industry seeking to mitigate the impact.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asA $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Sea levels along the West Coast are expected to rise by up to a foot this month due to Kelvin waves. Meanwhile, an AP-NORC poll indicates deep voter dissatisfaction with both major parties and President Trump, despite a Democratic advantage on cost-of-living issues.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asVoters favor Democrats on key issues but lack faith in either party to solve problems: AP-NORC poll (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a contract exceeding $20 billion to develop the Navy's next-generation fighter jet, the F/A-XX. This decision follows Boeing's victory over Northrop Grumman in the competition for the program, which aims to replace the Super Hornet fleet.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asU.S. Navy Selects Boeing for F/A-XX Program (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Cheapest Gas Prices in Missouri
Trust 42Stacker.com used Gas Buddy data to identify the cheapest gas stations in Missouri. Casey's in Sullivan offered the lowest regular fuel price at $3.64, with other stations in Joplin and Springfield also listed.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asCheapest gas stations in Wisconsin (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 in a new tab)
Michigan environmental regulators are reviewing permits for the Line 5 tunnel project following a state Supreme Court decision. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has also urged Enbridge CEO Gregory Ebel to shut down the pipeline within months.
WJFW NewsWatch 12 reported it asWisconsin DNR tells Enbridge to stop work on pipeline after natural gas leak (opens WJFW NewsWatch 12 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
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for WJFW NewsWatch 12.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- wjfw.com
- Seen publishing on
- wjfw.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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
10 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 WJFW NewsWatch 12 ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WJFW NewsWatch 12: its report arrived a median of 10 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 11 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WJFW NewsWatch 12, 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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