WPDE media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WPDE 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 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WPDE biased?
The rating organisations do not give WPDE 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 WPDE left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WPDE 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 WPDE reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WPDE 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 WPDE has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WPDE’s own report linked underneath.
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.
WPDE reported it asTrump, Lutnick to make announcement amid report on South Korea investments (opens WPDE in a new tab)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House. The outlets have filed a federal lawsuit, arguing the ban violates their First and Fifth Amendment rights.
WPDE reported it asCNN regains White House access after emergency hearing request over media ban (opens WPDE 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.
WPDE reported it asVance-led task force targets 750K Obamacare enrollments in $2.2B anti-fraud push (opens WPDE in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly included numerous claims that have been disputed by experts and official reports. These assertions covered topics from U.S. munitions stockpiles and global oil reserves to his record on settling wars and climate change warnings.
WPDE reported it asTrump defends Iran war in UN speech, warns of 'annihilation' without peace deal (opens WPDE in a new tab)
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
WPDE reported it asEd Sheeran apologizes to fans during Philadelphia show amid Israel-Palestine controversy (opens WPDE in a new tab)
The US Space Force has confirmed the deployment of weapons in Earth orbit, marking the first public acknowledgement of such capabilities. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the weapons are intended for defence against hostile actions, though specific details remain undisclosed.
WPDE reported it asUS military confirms it has deployed weapons in space for the first time (opens WPDE in a new tab)
The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force placed "space control weapons" to deter adversaries, drawing accusations from China and Russia.
WPDE reported it asUS military confirms it has deployed weapons in space for the first time (opens WPDE in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance announced that approximately 870,000 borrowers suspected of pandemic-era fraud will be suspended from future federal small-business loans. These individuals are linked to an estimated $39 billion in alleged fraud, with over 80 people charged in connection with $245 million.
WPDE reported it asVance set to announce $39B suspected fraud crackdown before Kansas campaign stop (opens WPDE 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.
WPDE reported it asAmerica remembers 9/11 25 years later at Ground Zero, Pentagon and Flight 93 memorial (opens WPDE 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.
WPDE reported it asOil surges past $100 a barrel after fresh Middle East attacks (opens WPDE in a new tab)
Operation Rotten Apple, a federal immigration enforcement initiative, resulted in the detention of over 2,100 migrants in New York. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the operation's findings, criticizing state and city politicians for sanctuary policies.
WPDE reported it asICE: 'Operation Rotten Apple' arrests 2,100 immigrants across New York in 30 days (opens WPDE 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.
WPDE reported it asTrump pushes back against data center rejection: 'Let Data Reign' (opens WPDE in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the United States Space Academy. He also presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II astronauts during a visit to NASA's Mission Control in Houston.
WPDE reported it asTrump honors Artemis II astronauts, unveils plans for US Space Academy (opens WPDE in a new tab)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 1,328 immigrants during a two-week operation in Virginia and Maryland. Nearly 400 had prior convictions or pending charges, and some were identified as alleged members of transnational criminal organizations.
WPDE reported it as1,300 arrested after ICE's 'Operation Safe Community' in DC, Virginia and Maryland (opens WPDE in a new tab)
Disney’s ABC filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on 18 August 2026, alleging the agency is retaliating against the network for its editorial decisions. The suit targets early licence-renewal orders for eight stations and an investigation into the talk show 'The View'.
WPDE reported it asDisney sues FCC, alleging retaliation after Trump called for Jimmy Kimmel's firing (opens WPDE 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
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
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
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 18 August 2026
14 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 3 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WPDE ran the story anyway.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WPDE: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 October 2026. Ratings pulled 17 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WPDE, 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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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where WPDE 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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