WCIV media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WCIV 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 29 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WCIV biased?
The rating organisations do not give WCIV 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 WCIV left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WCIV 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 WCIV reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WCIV are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WCIV has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WCIV’s own report linked underneath.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
WCIV reported it asJohnson sends House home early, delaying Hegseth impeachment vote (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
WCIV reported it asGreta Thunberg tells Ed Sheeran the Palestinian people are the 'one victim here' (opens WCIV in a new tab)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the FBI has new information regarding the attacker in the 2024 attempt on Donald Trump's life. Trump claimed on social media that the assassination attempt was a "Democrat plot" to remove him from the election, though investigations concluded the shooter acted alone.
WCIV reported it asThomas Crooks was showing 'red flag' behavior before attempting to kill Trump: report (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Donald Trump alleged the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a 'Democratic Plot' to remove him from the election. The FBI has found no connections between the suspect and others, and Trump offered no evidence for his claim.
WCIV reported it asThomas Crooks was showing 'red flag' behavior before attempting to kill Trump: report (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Newly released FBI documents offer further insight into Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. The records, obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, include interviews with Crooks' father and describe his withdrawn personality and growing interest in weapons.
WCIV reported it asThomas Crooks was showing 'red flag' behavior before attempting to kill Trump: report (opens WCIV in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
WCIV reported it asSupreme Court rejects Trump bid to lift injunction on USPS ballot-mail rule (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas was funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who is close to Vladimir Putin. Kremlev paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, including renting a private island. National security experts expressed alarm.
WCIV reported it asDonald Trump Jr.'s wife defends wedding present given by Russian oligarch (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
WCIV reported it asMcConnell still silent on Senate return as colleagues filter in (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
WCIV reported it asTrump claims a 'strong and smart president' is the only guardrail AI needs (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
WCIV reported it asTrump claims a 'strong and smart president' is the only guardrail AI needs (opens WCIV in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
WCIV reported it asAmerica remembers 9/11 25 years later at Ground Zero, Pentagon and Flight 93 memorial (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman has filed a lawsuit against streamer Hasan Piker, alleging antisemitism and incitement of violence. Klayman seeks over $150 million in damages and an injunction, citing Piker's alleged statements about Hamas and Jews.
WCIV reported it asJudicial Watch founder sues Hasan Piker over alleged antisemitism, 'violence against Jews' (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance told Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to stop mentioning his wife, Usha Vance, during a campaign rally. Vance also accused El-Sayed of promoting a divisive ideology.
WCIV reported it asEl-Sayed hits back hard against Republican attacks in raucous Senate race (opens WCIV in a new tab)
The US Department of Transportation has shut down between 110 and 270 commercial truck driving schools. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited English proficiency violations as the reason for the closures, which are part of a broader effort to combat fraud in the trucking industry.
WCIV reported it asTrump Administration closes hundreds of truck driving schools in the name of fraud (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump has strongly advocated for data centers, stating that communities opposing them risk becoming "backwards and poor." He suggested that such opposition could benefit China and urged support for the facilities as a path to prosperity.
WCIV reported it asTrump pushes back against data center rejection: 'Let Data Reign' (opens WCIV in a new tab)
A multi-agency operation in Arizona arrested 95 undocumented truck drivers holding state-issued commercial licences, most from California. The broader operation detained 143 people from 18 countries and seized methamphetamine and marijuana. The US Department of Transportation finalised a rule to block unqualified foreign drivers from obtaining licences.
WCIV reported it as95 illegal immigrant truck drivers arrested in August, most with California licenses: CBP (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Canada's public broadcaster, CBC, has reportedly issued internal guidance advising journalists not to refer to the September 11 attacks as 'terrorist attacks' without attribution. The guidance, which suggests alternative phrasing, has drawn criticism from politicians and media watchdogs.
WCIV reported it asCanadian Broadcasting Corporation tells staff not to refer to 9/11 as 'terrorist attacks' (opens WCIV in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas for up to 200,000 foreigners seeking asylum in the US. The State Department expects to announce the action, which would be the largest mass visa revocation in US history, in the coming weeks.
WCIV reported it asTrump administration moves to revoke 200,000 visas, impose $103K H-1B fee (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Representative Al Green has filed new articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, accusing him of abusing presidential powers. The resolution specifically targets the operation of ICE and CBP, calling them "vicious, quota-driven, unaccountable paramilitary police forces."
WCIV reported it asTexas Democratic representative files impeachment articles against President Trump (opens WCIV in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
WCIV reported it asFormer NBA player Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA arena as transgender debate escalates (opens WCIV 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Official site
- abcnews4.com
- Seen publishing on
- abcnews4.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
- 29
- Reports listed
- 29
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
29 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 10 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WCIV ran the story anyway.
Across the 29 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WCIV’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 19 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WCIV, 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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