WAGA media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WAGA in the centre. We have seen it on 117 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WAGA biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WAGA in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WAGA left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WAGA in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WAGA reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WAGA 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 WAGA has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WAGA’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Jocelyn Benson has won the Michigan gubernatorial race, defeating Republican John James. Her victory ensures the governor's office will remain under Democratic control, continuing a trend of Democratic wins in the state.
WAGA reported it asJocelyn Benson wins election for Michigan governor, beating John James (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
WAGA reported it asGwinnett County election results 2026 (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
WAGA reported it asSpanish soccer player tragically dies after suffering cardiac arrest in on-field collision (opens WAGA in a new tab)
The Department of Justice announced charges against 16 individuals across seven states for election crimes, including noncitizens casting ballots. The indictments cover illegal voting, voter registration, fraud, and firearm offenses.
WAGA reported it asGeorgia arrest among 63 in alleged U.S. election-related crimes (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Ryan O’Shea, a 21-year-old University of New Haven senior and hockey captain, was killed in a wrong-way crash on October 16. The driver of the other vehicle, Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, is a Mexican national who had been removed from the U.S. multiple times.
WAGA reported it asCollege hockey captain killed in wrong-way crash; DHS says driver was deported twice (opens WAGA in a new tab)
A fire damaged the Senatobia Police Department building on Saturday morning. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the incident. The department has been at the centre of controversy following an officer-involved shooting in June.
WAGA reported it asFederal agents investigate fire at police headquarters where officer fatally shot toddler (opens WAGA in a new tab)
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.
WAGA reported it asHaley Stevens: 'My vote for Senate is going to be with Mike Rogers' (opens WAGA in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
WAGA reported it asUS Embassy warns of credible 'mass casualty' threat at popular Moscow tourist attraction (opens WAGA 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.
WAGA reported it asMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in Boulder Molotov cocktail attack (opens WAGA in a new tab)
A federal judge has fixed a September 2027 trial date for Cole Tomas Allen, accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ dinner. Jury selection begins 7 September in Washington, D.C., and the case is expected to run three to four weeks.
WAGA reported it asTrial date set for White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Utah has filed 13 felony charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and its co-founders. The state attorney general alleges the company continues to operate in Utah despite a federal court ruling, escalating a dispute over regulatory authority.
WAGA reported it asUtah files criminal charges against Kalshi over illegal gambling (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
WAGA reported it asAlaska Senate candidate moves to dismiss Trump election lawsuit (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Edwin Brant Frost IV, a prominent Georgia Republican, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors stated the scheme defrauded over 300 victims and resulted in losses exceeding $76 million.
WAGA reported it asNewnan businessman sentenced to 15 years in $76M Ponzi scheme (opens WAGA 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.
WAGA reported it asGeorgia enters final week of early voting with 1.8M ballots cast (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new voluntary "U.S. Caught Seafood" label intended to help consumers identify seafood caught on U.S.-flagged vessels. The announcement was made at a rally in Fort Myers, Florida, alongside President Donald Trump.
WAGA reported it asTrump administration launches new seafood labels, website in 'America First' strategy (opens WAGA in a new tab)
The Trump administration is on track to deport approximately 660,000 people in its past year, a 26% increase compared to the Biden administration's yearly average. Voluntary departures are at an all-time high, but most deported individuals have no criminal convictions.
WAGA reported it asDeportations not meeting Trump's aggressive targets, report finds (opens WAGA in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced that Audi will invest $4.2 billion in its first U.S. factory in Georgia. The plant, planned for Middle Georgia Megasite, is expected to create 4,500 jobs and begin production in the early 2030s.
WAGA reported it asAudi to invest $4B in Georgia for first US auto plant (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson is drawing parallels to Donald Trump while emphasizing his own journey from poverty to billionaire status. He has spent nearly $200 million of his own money on his campaign, using the motto 'From foster care to billionaire.'
WAGA reported it asTrump holds Georgia rally backing Mike Collins, Rick Jackson (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Erika Kirk is pushing back against a defense proposal to delay the murder trial of Tyler Robinson until 2029. She is asking a judge to set a trial date in 2027, arguing that further delays will prolong the family's suffering and noting the significant cost of the defense.
WAGA reported it asCharlie Kirk murder: Judge delays setting trial date for suspect Tyler Robinson (opens WAGA 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.
WAGA reported it asIllegal alien with former DACA status accused in Iwo Jima statue attack: sources (opens WAGA in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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
- Fox Television StationsCorporationdirect owner
- Fox CorporationMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Murdoch familyMedia Conglomerateparent group
- New World Picturesunknowndirect owner
- News CorporationMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
- Official site
- fox5atlanta.com
- Seen publishing on
- fox5atlanta.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 117
- Reports listed
- 119
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
116 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WAGA is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 117 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WAGA’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 23 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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