WQOW media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WQOW in the centre. We have seen it on 43 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WQOW biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WQOW in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WQOW left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WQOW in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WQOW reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WQOW 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 WQOW has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WQOW’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
WQOW reported it asTrump reacts to Republican losses and declines to take blame (opens WQOW in a new tab)
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.
WQOW reported it asMilwaukee County Executive David Crowley wins Wisconsin governor's race over Rep. Tom Tiffany (opens WQOW in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will cease financial aid to Israel by the end of the year. The decision has drawn criticism from Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan and revealed surprise among Israeli defense and finance officials.
WQOW reported it asUS will halt $4B in aid to Israel as the Mideast ally shifts to buying military hardware, Trump says (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
WQOW reported it asWorld’s largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world’s largest heist (opens WQOW in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
WQOW reported it asDeep rifts among G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, prompt US to ditch group photo plan (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
WQOW reported it asPatrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies aged 86 (opens WQOW in a new tab)
An independent UN investigations panel has concluded that Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, particularly its energy systems. The report details the intent behind these attacks and their severe impact on the civilian population.
WQOW reported it asUN panel: Russia is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in Ukraine (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Russia will send its first tanker of diesel fuel to the United States on October 22, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. Contracts are in the final stages of signing, and Russia stated it would meet US needs within its capabilities.
WQOW reported it asThe Kremlin says a first tanker of Russian diesel sets sail for the US despite Ukraine's protests (opens WQOW in a new tab)
The United States has quietly reduced its military presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days. The State Department has also ordered a reduction of non-essential staff and their families from diplomatic posts in Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks.
WQOW reported it asUS orders departure of some embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv overnight, killing one person and injuring 22, including four children. The attacks damaged infrastructure and buildings across six districts of the capital. Russia reported drone attacks on its territory.
WQOW reported it asMassive strikes hit Kyiv hours after Putin agrees to fresh peace talks (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Ukraine's Defense Intelligence estimates Russia has up to 700 ballistic missiles, thousands of cruise missiles, and over 6,000 attack drones in reserve. Moscow's monthly production of drones has reached 10,000 units, with significant output of various missile types.
WQOW reported it asMassive strikes hit Kyiv hours after Putin agrees to fresh peace talks (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks this year against Russia, targeting an oil terminal in St. Petersburg. The strikes come amid increasing tensions between Ukraine and the US, with President Trump criticising President Zelensky.
WQOW reported it asMassive strikes hit Kyiv hours after Putin agrees to fresh peace talks (opens WQOW in a new tab)
A federal judge has temporarily halted tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C. Preservation groups reported over 500 trees were removed over the weekend as part of a project to convert the course into a golf venue.
WQOW reported it asJudge ‘furious’ as 430 trees are chopped down from golf course Trump wants to renovate (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Families headed by individuals aged 75 and older are now the wealthiest in the US, according to a Federal Reserve survey. The youngest families experienced a decline in wealth over the past three years, while the proportion of Americans struggling with debt payments rose.
WQOW reported it asAmericans 75 and older are wealthiest age group, Fed survey finds (opens WQOW 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.
WQOW reported it asTrump selects Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary (opens WQOW in a new tab)
A judge has permanently dismissed the case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The judge cited political pressure from President Donald Trump and evidence of a flawed installation as reasons for the dismissal.
WQOW reported it asTrump’s threats against Olympian leads judge to permanently dismiss Reflecting Pool damage charges (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that intensified bombing of Iran after the November midterm elections is possible. He made these remarks in an interview with Time magazine, where he also addressed concerns about US arms stockpiles.
WQOW reported it asTrump threatens to annihilate Iran again and other takeaways from his TIME interview (opens WQOW in a new tab)
Global stock exchanges saw increases on Monday while oil prices declined. This trend emerged as concerns about inflation lessened, with investors expecting the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady. Weaker than expected US job creation data contributed to these expectations.
WQOW reported it asAmericans are still spending. Friday’s jobs report will show if that can last (opens WQOW 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.
WQOW reported it asU.S. Navy Selects Boeing for F/A-XX Program (opens WQOW in a new tab)
A Washington DC preservation official has urged the Trump administration to abandon plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery. C. Andrew Lewis proposed building slender columns instead, citing original designs from 1924.
WQOW reported it asFAA gives approval for Trump’s arch, says it won’t interfere with flights (opens WQOW 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
- Quincy MediaIndependentdirect owner
- Gray TelevisionMedia 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
- 43
- Reports listed
- 43
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
43 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. WQOW is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 43 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WQOW: its report arrived a median of 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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