WJBK media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJBK in the centre. We have seen it on 32 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WJBK biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJBK in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WJBK left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJBK in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WJBK reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WJBK 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 WJBK has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WJBK’s own report linked underneath.
Leake County schools in Mississippi have been released from a federal desegregation order that had been in place for over 50 years. A judge approved the dissolution of the order on September 3, ending federal monitoring of the district.
WJBK reported it asMississippi school district released from federal desegregation order after 50 years (opens WJBK in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
WJBK reported it asRobert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to pledge $2 million amid Macklemore controversy (opens WJBK in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
WJBK reported it as4 acts drop out of Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore (opens WJBK in a new tab)
The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Common Cents Act, a bill that would end the minting of new pennies. The Treasury estimates this change could save $56 million annually. The U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies in November 2025.
WJBK reported it asHouse votes to end penny production permanently: What to know (opens WJBK in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
WJBK reported it asKennedy Center board votes to close venue after judge blocks plan to honor Trump: report (opens WJBK 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.
WJBK reported it asSen. Mitch McConnell returns to Senate for 1st time since June hospitalization (opens WJBK in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has stated he will not intervene in the Lindsay Clancy case, calling it a "state situation" and not a federal matter. Clancy's attorney had publicly requested a presidential pardon.
WJBK reported it asTrump says Lindsay Clancy case is a ‘state situation' following attorney's pardon plea (opens WJBK in a new tab)
A newly unveiled statue of Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters was defaced with red paint. The vandalism occurred days after the statue's unveiling and coincided with the one-year anniversary of Kirk's assassination.
WJBK reported it asCharlie Kirk memorial statue vandalized at TPUSA headquarters with red spray paint (opens WJBK in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
WJBK reported it asCourt strikes Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open (opens WJBK 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.
WJBK reported it asSeptember 11: Pentagon flag unfurled marking 25 years since 9/11 attacks (opens WJBK in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
WJBK reported it asFeds charges ICE agent with lying about Minneapolis shooting: Report (opens WJBK in a new tab)
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
WJBK reported it asWhistleblower warns new USPS mail-in ballot system could threaten midterm elections (opens WJBK in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to report NBC News anchor Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission. The president took issue with Welker's characterisation of his primary endorsements as having 'mixed results'. NBC News has publicly defended its anchor.
WJBK reported it asPR expert & media analyst on Lake Ontario & Trump's FCC (opens WJBK 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.
WJBK reported it asFederal officials shutting down hundreds of truck driving schools combatting fraud (opens WJBK in a new tab)
The U.S. military, in conjunction with Ecuadorian officials, boarded and sank a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The boat was allegedly used as a refueling station for drug-trafficking boats belonging to the Los Choneros organization.
WJBK reported it asVideo shows US forces seizing and sinking floating refueling station (opens WJBK in a new tab)
Tennessee's governor has proposed renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, days after her death. The proposal faces a policy hurdle regarding naming rights for recently deceased individuals and will be discussed by the airport authority on September 17.
WJBK reported it asNashville International Airport to be renamed after Dolly Parton (opens WJBK 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.
WJBK reported it asTrump administration pushes ahead with border wall on tribal land (opens WJBK 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.
WJBK reported it asCanada hits US with retaliatory tariffs (opens WJBK in a new tab)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 1,328 immigrants during a two-week operation in Virginia and Maryland. Nearly 400 had prior convictions or pending charges, and some were identified as alleged members of transnational criminal organizations.
WJBK reported it as1,328 undocumented immigrants arrested in Maryland, Virginia during 2-week ICE operation (opens WJBK in a new tab)
The Trump administration has proposed a new regulation to establish a fee of $103,265 for new H-1B visas. This proposed fee, which would apply to petitions subject to the annual visa cap, is distinct from a previous fee that was blocked by courts. The proposal is now open for a 30-day public comment period.
WJBK reported it asTrump administration proposes over $103K fee for new H-1B worker visas (opens WJBK 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
Who owns it
- Fox Television StationsCorporationdirect owner
- Fox CorporationMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Murdoch familyMedia Conglomerateparent group
- New World Picturesunknowndirect owner
- News CorporationMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Official site
- fox2detroit.com
- Seen publishing on
- fox2detroit.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
- 32
- Reports listed
- 34
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
32 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. WJBK is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 32 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WJBK: its report arrived a median of 18 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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