WJAC media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WJAC 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 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WJAC biased?
The rating organisations do not give WJAC 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 WJAC left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WJAC 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 WJAC reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WJAC 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 WJAC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WJAC’s own report linked underneath.
Senator Susan Collins' office in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with a vulgar message spray-painted on its doors. Collins stated she would not be intimidated, while her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson's campaign did not comment.
WJAC reported it asSen. Collins' Biddeford office vandalized with vulgar message (opens WJAC in a new tab)
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.
WJAC reported it asTrump, Xi to face off over trade, Taiwan and AI at White House summit (opens WJAC 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.
WJAC reported it asTrump, Xi to face off over trade, Taiwan and AI at White House summit (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Kamala Harris stated that criticism of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives is an attack on maternal care. She made these remarks while campaigning with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, also criticizing Donald Trump's healthcare policies.
WJAC reported it asFormer Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Michigan to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The events highlight maternal healthcare and voter engagement, aiming to bolster Democratic chances in a crucial swing state.
WJAC reported it asSenate seeker El-Sayed welcomes Harris's support, bucking trend by vulnerable Democrats (opens WJAC in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit at the White House on September 24. The leaders are expected to discuss trade, rare earth supplies, and artificial intelligence. Xi's visit marks the first by a Chinese leader to the US presidential residence in over a decade.
WJAC reported it asTrump takes inaugural flight from White House helipad as networks boycott event coverage (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Donald Trump's remarks at a White House event were broadcast without sound by US television channels. This followed a boycott by major broadcasters in protest against the White House barring several news outlets from access.
WJAC reported it asTrump takes inaugural flight from White House helipad as networks boycott event coverage (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on specific US goods, marking a new phase in the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. The measures were announced on Tuesday.
WJAC reported it asCanada announces retaliatory tariffs on US products: 'It's all about fairness' (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
WJAC reported it asScott Jennings pushing for White House press secretary job: Report (opens WJAC in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that Derek Chauvin was 'unjustly convicted of murder' and should be freed, aligning with Chauvin's third legal attempt to overturn his 2021 conviction. Chauvin's attorneys allege procedural errors, including Governor Tim Walz's transfer of prosecutorial oversight to state officials.
WJAC reported it asElon Musk says Derek Chauvin should be freed because he was unjustly convicted of murder (opens WJAC 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
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- wjactv.com
- Seen publishing on
- wjactv.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
- 17 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 WJAC ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WJAC: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 October 2026. Ratings pulled 16 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WJAC, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where WJAC publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.