WCAX-TV media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WCAX-TV in the centre. We have seen it on 13 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WCAX-TV biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WCAX-TV in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WCAX-TV left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WCAX-TV in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WCAX-TV reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WCAX-TV are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WCAX-TV has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WCAX-TV’s own report linked underneath.
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
WCAX-TV reported it asTrump’s proposed golf course in DC could cost nearly $50 million, documents show (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
WCAX-TV reported it asTrump says EU allowing Canada to become associate member would be ‘hostile act’ (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
The trial of Jason Eaton has begun in Burlington, Vermont, for the attempted murder of three Palestinian college students. Eaton claims intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot, while prosecutors contend he acted with intent and was not legally insane.
WCAX-TV reported it asEaton trial begins with victim testimony, insanity defense outlined (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
WCAX-TV reported it asSurrogate who refused to have abortion asks Supreme Court to intervene over sick newborn (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
The 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes awarded ten research teams for studies that are scientifically sound but unusual. This year's ceremony was held in Zurich, marking the first time the event took place outside the United States.
WCAX-TV reported it asScientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
Pennsylvania officer charged with manslaughter after shooting college student at wrong house
Trust 42A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a 22-year-old college student who knocked on the wrong door. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced the charge on 1 September 2026, stating the officer’s actions were not justified.
WCAX-TV reported it asOfficer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student at wrong house (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
Luis Manuel Aviles, father of a US Navy sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, was released from immigration detention. His case was dismissed by an immigration judge, prompting a congressional investigation into his arrest during a federal immigration crackdown.
WCAX-TV reported it asFather of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
New York's new law prohibits local police from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement, with exceptions for proven crimes. However, some counties are challenging the law with a lawsuit, and a federal grant program is reportedly funding border security assistance.
WCAX-TV reported it asNew York law limiting local police cooperation with ICE takes effect (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
The Pentagon's casualty database shows 757 US service members wounded and 18 killed in the Iran conflict. The war began on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the direct cost of the war reached $37.5 billion.
WCAX-TV reported it asMore than 750 US troops have been wounded during operations against Iran, Pentagon data shows (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak between 12 and 13 August 2026, with up to 100 meteors per hour visible. A partial solar eclipse will occur on 12 August, offering a rare dual celestial event. Outlets varied in emphasis on timing, visibility, and the eclipse's coincidence.
WCAX-TV reported it asPartial solar eclipse & the peak of the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
WCAX-TV reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
Scientists used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two dogs whose saliva and hair no longer contain the main allergy-causing protein. The beagles were born in September 2024 and tested on a researcher with dog allergies, who showed no reaction to their samples.
WCAX-TV reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens WCAX-TV in a new tab)
Researchers used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two puppies without the main allergy-causing protein. The study, published in the CRISPR Journal, found the dogs' saliva and fur lacked the protein, and a scientist with severe allergies showed no reaction. Ethical concerns about shelter adoptions were raised.
WCAX-TV reported it asGene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies (opens WCAX-TV 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Gray TelevisionMedia 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
- 13
- Reports listed
- 13
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
12 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WCAX-TV is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 13 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WCAX-TV’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 33 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
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