WNYW media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WNYW in the centre. We have seen it on 54 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WNYW biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WNYW in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WNYW left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WNYW in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WNYW reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WNYW 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 WNYW has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WNYW’s own report linked underneath.
Leake County schools in Mississippi have been released from a federal desegregation order that had been in place for over 50 years. A judge approved the dissolution of the order on September 3, ending federal monitoring of the district.
WNYW reported it asMississippi school district released from federal desegregation order after 50 years (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
WNYW reported it asRobert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to pledge $2 million amid Macklemore controversy (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has proposed new initiatives to enhance postpartum care, including free nurse home visits for all new parents and updated mental health screening regulations. The proposals follow the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, which highlighted concerns about maternal mental health.
WNYW reported it asLindsay Clancy trial prompts Massachusetts push for better postpartum care (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
WNYW reported it as4 acts drop out of Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore (opens WNYW in a new tab)
The trial of Jason Eaton has begun in Burlington, Vermont, for the attempted murder of three Palestinian college students. Eaton claims intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot, while prosecutors contend he acted with intent and was not legally insane.
WNYW reported it asVermont man on trial claims CIA told him to shoot three Palestinian students (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie alleges Hegseth continued U.S. military operations in Iran without congressional approval and criticizes his actions in Venezuela and Yemen.
WNYW reported it asRep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war (opens WNYW in a new tab)
The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Common Cents Act, a bill that would end the minting of new pennies. The Treasury estimates this change could save $56 million annually. The U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies in November 2025.
WNYW reported it asHouse votes to end penny production permanently: What to know (opens WNYW in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
WNYW reported it asKennedy Center board votes to close venue after judge blocks plan to honor Trump: report (opens WNYW 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.
WNYW reported it asSen. Mitch McConnell returns to Senate for 1st time since June hospitalization (opens WNYW in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has stated he will not intervene in the Lindsay Clancy case, calling it a "state situation" and not a federal matter. Clancy's attorney had publicly requested a presidential pardon.
WNYW reported it asTrump says Lindsay Clancy case is a ‘state situation' following attorney's pardon plea (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump attended the 25th anniversary 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon. Viewers and a Reuters photograph indicated he appeared sleepy, with his eyes closed. The White House stated he was solemnly remembering victims.
WNYW reported it as9/11 victim's widow calls out Saudi Arabia at NYC reading of names: 'We have no justice' (opens WNYW in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
WNYW reported it asThe 'man in the red bandana': Remembering Welles Crowther 25 years after 9/11 (opens WNYW 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.
WNYW reported it asTrump marks 25 years since 9/11 attacks at Pentagon; flag unfurled at sunrise (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Several Connecticut towns are installing AI-powered license plate readers on school buses. The technology, provided by BusPatrol, activates only when a bus is stopped with its warning lights and stop arm engaged, aiming to reduce incidents of drivers passing stopped school buses.
WNYW reported it asConnecticut installing cameras on school buses to catch drivers who illegally pass (opens WNYW in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Friday. His attendance has drawn criticism due to his appointment of Ramzi Kassem as chief legal counsel, who previously represented a convicted al-Qaeda member.
WNYW reported it asMamdani confirms he will attend 9/11 memorial on Friday amid criticism (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday after he climbed the cables, brandished a knife, and moved towards officers. The man had claimed he had a bomb and wanted to die.
WNYW reported it asNYPD to give update on Brooklyn Bridge police-involved shooting (opens WNYW in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
WNYW reported it asFeds charges ICE agent with lying about Minneapolis shooting: Report (opens WNYW in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, alleging its transgender student policies violate federal law. The school district maintains its policies are compliant with federal regulations.
WNYW reported it asJustice Dept. sues Kansas school district over transgender policies (opens WNYW 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.
WNYW reported it asChevron will expand Venezuela operations after Trump deal, company confirms (opens WNYW in a new tab)
Jurors deliberated for a third day without reaching a verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three young children in January 2023. The case hinges on whether she acted due to postpartum psychosis or made a conscious choice.
WNYW reported it asLindsay Clancy jury deliberations enter Day 5 after deadlock on 2 counts (opens WNYW 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
- Fox Television StationsCorporationdirect owner
- Fox CorporationMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Murdoch familyMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
- Official site
- fox5ny.com
- Seen publishing on
- fox5ny.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
- 54
- Reports listed
- 56
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
56 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. WNYW is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 54 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WNYW’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WNYW, 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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