ABC 7 WJLA media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give ABC 7 WJLA 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 102 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC 7 WJLA biased?
The rating organisations do not give ABC 7 WJLA 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 ABC 7 WJLA left or right?
The rating organisations do not give ABC 7 WJLA 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 ABC 7 WJLA reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC 7 WJLA 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 ABC 7 WJLA has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC 7 WJLA’s own report linked underneath.
A power outage affected over 1,100 Pepco customers in Washington D.C.'s Foggy Bottom and downtown areas on November 2. The disruption was attributed to a substation failure and occurred the day before the US midterm elections, leading to class cancellations at George Washington University.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asPower outages hit Foggy Bottom as crews investigate smoke from manholes (opens ABC 7 WJLA 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.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asNorth Korean hackers steal over $6 billion from the largest cryptocurrency exchange (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
A woman was shot outside the Republican Party of Virginia's headquarters in Richmond on Thursday. Officials from the party and the police department have indicated the shooting is not related to their operations or the upcoming midterm elections.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asWoman shot in front of Republican Party of Virginia's offices in Richmond (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against five individuals in a nationwide scheme to defraud federal student aid programs. Investigators allege the use of stolen American identities to enrol 'ghost students' and divert millions in funds, with links to Kenya.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asDOJ busts massive 'ghost student' fraud scheme involving 830K suspicious accounts (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Judge orders DOJ clarification on East Potomac Golf Course plan and mandates notice before changes
Trust 70A D.C. judge rebuked the Justice Department over its East Potomac Golf Course renovation plan, saying it likely violated the National Environmental Policy Act and ordering ten business days’ notice before any irreversible work. President Trump announced the course will close on 15 November and said his team will appeal.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asDocuments show Trump told Interior Dept., NPS to close East Potomac Golf Course by Nov. 15 (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The suit claims the district's policies allow students to change their gender identity without parental knowledge or consent, violating federal law.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asParents in the dark? DOJ sues Anne Arundel schools, alleging secret 'gender transitions' (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asVirginia early voting surges as economy tops issues ahead of Election Day (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asSoccer league bars 3-year-old after parents say he was 'too good' (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asMan accused of mailing white substance to lawmakers used his own return address: FBI (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asTrump says White House needed repainting and repairs, blasts Obama over upkeep (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asTrump says White House needed repainting and repairs, blasts Obama over upkeep (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asBond set for illegal immigrant accused of beheading Iwo Jima memorial in Quantico (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asLula wins Brazil reelection as Bolsonaro seeks to annul results (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least five people were injured. Israel's military stated the men carried firearms. Following the incident, Israel ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asNetanyahu orders West Bank lockdown after army kills 2 Palestinians accused of attack (opens ABC 7 WJLA 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.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asTrump praises Ramaswamy attack ad against Acton, says it shouldn't be taken down (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asMan accused of damaging Iwo Jima statue with sledgehammer in Quantico (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff damaged a World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower while moving it to his Pentagon office. The artifact suffered a gash and its spherical portion detached from its mounting.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asHegseth’s staff dropped globe believed to be used by Eisenhower in Pentagon move (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting field operations to identify noncitizen voters in nine states. The order cites concerns that the department's efforts rely on flawed data that may include U.S. citizens.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asJudge curbs DHS hunt for noncitizen voters in 9 states, citing flawed data (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
Jaden John Read, 24, was arrested in Kansas on charges of threatening President Donald Trump. The alleged threats were posted on Facebook ahead of a planned rally in Wichita, leading to a Secret Service investigation.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asKansas man arrested over 'Let's shoot Trump' Facebook threats (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote women's health, establishing a new division within the National Institutes of Health and a specialized task force. Melania Trump spearheaded the initiative, which observers noted was accompanied by an apparent attempt to avoid a kiss from the President.
ABC 7 WJLA reported it asTrump signs Melania-backed order to close women's health research gaps (opens ABC 7 WJLA 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
- 102
- Reports listed
- 103
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
101 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 39 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and ABC 7 WJLA ran the story anyway.
Across the 102 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than ABC 7 WJLA’s on 8 of them. Overall it filed a median of 17 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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