WBMA media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WBMA as leaning right. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WBMA biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WBMA as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WBMA left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WBMA as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is WBMA reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WBMA are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WBMA has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WBMA’s own report linked underneath.
President Donald Trump cut short his weekend at Camp David to return to the White House on Saturday. The move coincided with a US security alert warning of potential rapid escalation in the Middle East due to the Saudi-Houthi conflict.
WBMA reported it asWhite House launching 'Trump TV' amid media ban dispute. What is it? (opens WBMA in a new tab)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan in New York on Monday. The meetings occurred ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping scheduled for Thursday.
WBMA reported it asRubio packs NYC schedule with markets, allies and critical minerals talks (opens WBMA in a new tab)
Global 15-year-old students have recorded their weakest performance in reading, mathematics, and science since testing began 25 years ago, according to the OECD's PISA 2025 results. Average scores across OECD countries have fallen significantly, with a notable increase in 'hasty readers' and complex challenges presented by AI use.
WBMA reported it asNew international test finds reading scores for U.S. teens near historic lows (opens WBMA in a new tab)
A state grand jury found that $10 million in taxpayer money, meant for children's health insurance, was diverted to political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida. The funds were used to defeat a 2024 marijuana legalization initiative. No criminal charges were filed.
WBMA reported it asGrand jury: DeSantis admin misappropriated $10M Medicaid settlement to fund politics (opens WBMA in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced his political operation has approximately $850 million available. He stated plans to spend a significant portion of these funds to support Republican candidates in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. This amount is separate from other funds raised by his network.
WBMA reported it asTrump says he'll spend 'a lot' of $850M MAGA Inc. war chest on midterm elections (opens WBMA in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance announced that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a "very discreet plan" to reduce the U.S. national debt, which recently surpassed $40 trillion. Vance stated the plan aims to make the economy grow faster than the debt.
WBMA reported it asVance says Bessent has 'very discreet plan' to reduce $40 trillion national debt (opens WBMA in a new tab)
A Media Research Center study alleges that Apple News and Google News promote outlets that have exclusively endorsed Democratic presidential candidates since 1988. The platforms' algorithms are questioned for political diversity.
WBMA reported it asBias in the news feed? Apple, Google face scrutiny (opens WBMA in a new tab)
A U.S. judge ordered the release of Melissa Farris, accused of vandalising the World War II Memorial in Washington, with conditions including avoiding the site. Farris faces felony charges, and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro criticised the decision. Reports diverged on whether the release was routine or controversial.
WBMA reported it asWoman accused of vandalizing WWII Memorial released with restrictions (opens WBMA in a new tab)
Alabama voters in four congressional districts cast ballots in special primaries on 11 August 2026 after Governor Kay Ivey postponed the contests following a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The new map, effective in 2027, eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, altering electoral dynamics.
WBMA reported it asLow turnout in Alabama special primary as voters cite lack of awareness (opens WBMA in a new tab)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley has invited former special counsel Jack Smith to testify on 22 September 2026 about his investigation into President Donald Trump. Smith’s lawyers confirmed his appearance pending Justice Department approval, while outlets diverged on whether the hearing relates to his prosecutions or broader oversight.
WBMA reported it asJack Smith gets invite to testify before Senate next month. Here's why. (opens WBMA 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- abc3340.com
- Seen publishing on
- abc3340.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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 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.
On 2 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WBMA ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WBMA’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 22 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WBMA, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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