WV News media bias and reliability
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place WV News in the centre. We have seen it on 94 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WV News biased?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place WV News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WV News left or right?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place WV News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WV News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WV News are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WV News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WV News’s own report linked underneath.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
WV News reported it asThe Latest: Democrat who lost Michigan Senate primary backs Republican in general election contest (opens WV News in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
WV News reported it asA midterm crossroads for both parties eyeing the beginning of the end of the Trump era (opens WV News in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
WV News reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators (opens WV News in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Moscow for talks, with assurances of safety. Ukrainian officials confirmed Zelensky's readiness for a meeting and a partial ceasefire, though they noted Russia's continued attacks.
WV News reported it asThe President of Finland and the Norwegian Prime Minister Speak on the Phone with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin (opens WV News in a new tab)
China's Communist Party began its Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing on October 26. President Xi Jinping opened the meeting, which is scheduled to last four days and focuses on enhancing party discipline and self-governance.
WV News reported it asWhat to know about China’s plenum as Xi seeks stronger Communist Party discipline (opens WV News in a new tab)
The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a new rule to restrict American investments in sensitive technologies like artificial intelligence and supercomputing in countries including China, Russia, and North Korea. The move aims to prevent adversaries from using U.S. capital to enhance their military power.
WV News reported it asUS Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries (opens WV News in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it produced an ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad includes criticism of Acton and insinuations about her mental health. The campaign plans a significant advertising spend around the video, which has drawn criticism.
WV News reported it asRepublican Gov. Mike DeWine denounces Ramaswamy ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother (opens WV News in a new tab)
Brent crude oil prices surpassed $111 per barrel following a drone attack on a Saudi oil field that killed at least one person. The incident, attributed to Houthi rebels, has heightened fears of further disruptions to global oil supplies.
WV News reported it asAsian shares retreat as report of damage to oil takers pushes oil prices higher (opens WV News in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, who challenged her dismissal by President Donald Trump. The court's decision upholds a lower court's ruling that validated Trump's executive authority in the firing.
WV News reported it asSupreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmates (opens WV News in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
WV News reported it asMississippi attorney general says officer who shot into car, killing 1-year-old boy, was justified in use of force (opens WV News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has long presented himself as a master dealmaker. An examination of his business and presidential careers shows a pattern of mixed results, with some agreements materializing and others collapsing. Experts offer critical assessments of his negotiation skills.
WV News reported it asAnalysis: Trump says he's a great dealmaker. His record says otherwise (opens WV News in a new tab)
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank village of Abu Falah on October 16, 2026. During the assault, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was beaten and had her camera and phone taken. Both Israeli military and police have opened investigations into the incident.
WV News reported it asUS ambassador to Israel condemns settler attack on US journalist, and other Mideast news (opens WV News in a new tab)
US consumers are increasingly frustrated and confused by high-tech pricing strategies used by retailers and restaurants. The adoption of digital price tags and AI tools for price setting is raising concerns about transparency and personalized costs.
WV News reported it asConsumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools (opens WV News in a new tab)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly struck Saudi Arabia's main international airport and seized territory near a vital shipping chokepoint, demonstrating increased military capabilities. Saudi Arabia has struggled to counter these attacks, despite superior weaponry, as previous air campaigns have yielded limited success.
WV News reported it asHouthi strikes on Saudi Arabia show the Yemeni rebels' growing strength (opens WV News in a new tab)
Leaders from the IMF and World Bank met in Bangkok to discuss the economic implications of artificial intelligence. Kristalina Georgieva stated AI infrastructure investment is supporting global growth, while Ajay Banga highlighted potential job creation in developing nations. The IMF also issued a warning about rising global debt.
WV News reported it asIMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt (opens WV News in a new tab)
Houthi rebels have encircled Taiz, Yemen, a city of over one million people, cutting off most access to supplies. Residents fear running out of food and fuel, recalling a previous, harsh siege. Explosions are audible in surrounding areas, with some strikes hitting the city.
WV News reported it asFear strikes Yemen's 3rd largest city Taiz as Houthi rebels encircle it in a new siege (opens WV News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has implemented new restrictions that have removed Medicaid coverage for certain legal immigrants, including refugees and victims of human trafficking. These changes are part of broader federal policy shifts projected to impact millions of individuals nationwide.
WV News reported it asTrump's Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage (opens WV News in a new tab)
Independent Bill Hill is running for the US House in Alaska against Republican incumbent Nick Begich. Hill, a commercial fisherman and retired educator, campaigns on addressing Alaskans' frustrations with high costs, while Republicans including former President Trump are supporting Begich.
WV News reported it asA small-town Alaska fisherman has Republicans on the defensive as they try to keep US House majority (opens WV News in a new tab)
The United Auto Workers union is working to reassert its political influence in Michigan. While the UAW generally supports Democrats, its membership is divided on which party best represents working-class interests, facing challenges from internal divisions, past corruption, and declining membership.
WV News reported it asThe United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions (opens WV News in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
WV News reported it asUN human rights office slams racist abuse of Coco Gauff and calls for solidarity to help fight it (opens WV News 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.
High factuality
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for WV News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
- Official site
- wvnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- wvnews.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
- 94
- Reports listed
- 96
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
96 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. WV News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 94 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WV News: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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