Kcrg
53% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles. 13 stories are credited to it.53% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.
- CREDIBILITY
- —5 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —8 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- 47%
- STORIES
- 13▲ 1 this week
- REPRINTED
- 3times
Originality 19 hosted stories · updated Oct 12, 2026
Kcrg at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
13February spike: 6 stories, 3 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 3 on Immigration.
Hatched: Nov, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
TONE TOWARD EACH PARTY
NETMore favorable to Republicans than other outlets are. How tone is measured
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCOREOriginality 50% → 47% Oct 12 · 19 stories
- FRAMINGAshley Hinson and Josh Turek Hold First Iowa Senate Debate portrayed Hinson: neutral · 26 outlets · Oct 8
- STORY1 new story in the last 7 days · 1 on Elections/Campaigns
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
Kcrg’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 5 of 10.
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting.
POLITICAL LEAN
Not enough stories yet: 8 of 10.
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What Kcrg covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns39%0 PTS against 39% of all outlets’ stories
- Immigration23%+18 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
- Healthcare15%+13 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
- Taxes8%+7 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 11 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 11 PAIRS
- 1Ashley Hinson (Republican)6 stories
- 2Joshua Turek (Democrat)2 stories
- 3Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican)2 stories
- 4Joni Ernst (Republican)1 stories
How Kcrg framed shared stories, and what it skipped
SAME STORY, DIFFERENT HEADLINES
- Kcrg (this source)Where U.S. Senate candidates agreed and disagreed in 1st debatePORTRAYS HINSON: NEUTRAL
- MS NOWToo Trumpy vs. too liberal? Iowa’s Senate candidates set to debate which label fitsPORTRAYS HINSON: CRITICAL
- The Washington PostTakeaways from Iowa Senate debate between Ashley Hinson, Josh TurekPORTRAYS HINSON: NEUTRAL
- CNNTakeaways from the first Iowa Senate debatePORTRAYS HINSON: NEUTRAL
- The New York Times5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate DebatePORTRAYS HINSON: FAVORABLE
- Crypto BriefingAshley Hinson helped secure $209 million in funding to strengthen Iowa's rural healthcarePORTRAYS HINSON: FAVORABLE
- Iowa Capital DispatchTurek, Hinson talk legislative track records at US Senate debatePORTRAYS HINSON: NEUTRAL
- PoliticoIowa’s Ashley Hinson slams the savings habits of millennialsPORTRAYS HINSON: CRITICAL
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and Kcrg did not.
Kcrg’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
3OUTLETS ON THE SAME STORIES
- Des Moines RegisterCredibility 79Lean 50
- Washington ExaminerCredibility 70Lean 57
- KCCICredibility 76Lean 50
- NBC NewsCredibility 85Lean 50
- PoliticoCredibility 81Lean 50
- The Daily IowanCredibility 69Lean 50
Compare Kcrg with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
- KcrgTHIS SOURCE
- Des Moines Register
- Washington Examiner
- KCCI
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
- Mainly about Joshua TurekCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mariannette Miller-MeeksCRED 75REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Ashley HinsonCRED 75REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Ashley HinsonCRED 75REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Ashley HinsonCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ashley HinsonCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mariannette Miller-MeeksCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Joshua TurekCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Matt WindschitlCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ashley HinsonCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Brad ShermanCRED 74REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Joni ErnstCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Zach WahlsCRED 75REPRINTS —
