WFTV 9 ABC media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WFTV 9 ABC in the centre. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WFTV 9 ABC biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WFTV 9 ABC in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WFTV 9 ABC left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WFTV 9 ABC in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WFTV 9 ABC reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WFTV 9 ABC 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 WFTV 9 ABC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WFTV 9 ABC’s own report linked underneath.
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump behaved like a 'caged lion' and was eager to return to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner ballroom after shots were fired. The incident occurred in April at the Washington Hilton.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asMelania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing the encounter as 'very productive' and predicting that 'great things will happen'. The discussions reportedly touched on artificial intelligence, though specific outcomes were not detailed.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asMelania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asEU chief proposes social media ban for kids under 13 (opens WFTV 9 ABC 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.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asMitch McConnell returns to Senate after 3-month absence (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
The US Space Force has confirmed the deployment of weapons in Earth orbit, marking the first public acknowledgement of such capabilities. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the weapons are intended for defence against hostile actions, though specific details remain undisclosed.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asAir Force secretary confirms US has deployed weapons in space (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force placed "space control weapons" to deter adversaries, drawing accusations from China and Russia.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asAir Force secretary confirms US has deployed weapons in space (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European officials had travelled on a train that passed through the area shortly before the attack, according to reports. Poland's Prime Minister warned of intensified Russian attacks.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asRussian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after visiting dignitaries passed through (opens WFTV 9 ABC 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.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asMarking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
The Trump administration has begun building a border wall project on land belonging to the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona. The tribe alleges federal agents and contractors trespassed on its land, damaging sacred sites, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection states the area is a dangerous smuggling route.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asTrump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objections (opens WFTV 9 ABC in a new tab)
Florida primary voters selected U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds as the Republican nominee for governor and former Rep. David Jolly as the Democratic nominee. Donalds, endorsed by Trump, defeated Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, while Jolly, a party-switcher, won the Democratic primary. They will compete in November to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis.
WFTV 9 ABC reported it asByron Donalds wins Republican primary for Florida governor (opens WFTV 9 ABC 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.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checkcenter
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
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checkhigh
Who owns it
- Cox Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Apollo Global ManagementPrivate Equityparent group
- Cox EnterprisesMedia Conglomerateparent group
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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 19 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WFTV 9 ABC is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WFTV 9 ABC: its report arrived a median of 31 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 3 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 1 October 2026. Ratings pulled 18 September 2026.
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