WJTV media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJTV in the centre. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WJTV biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJTV in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WJTV left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WJTV in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WJTV reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WJTV are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WJTV has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WJTV’s own report linked underneath.
Four U.S. cities will receive nearly $300 million in federal funding through the Justice Department's new Model Cities Initiative. The program aims to reduce violent crime and bolster law enforcement by supporting tailored strategies in Jacksonville, Baton Rouge, Jackson, and St. Louis.
WJTV reported it asJackson receives $100 million to reduce violent crime (opens WJTV in a new tab)
A Hinds County judge rejected the Mississippi attorney general's request to permanently end the manslaughter prosecution of former Capitol Police officer Michael Rhinewalt, who admitted shooting 25‑year‑old Jaylen Lewis. The judge said the AG’s office displayed bias for law enforcement, keeping open the chance of a new trial.
WJTV reported it asJudge rejects AG’s bid to permanently end case against ex-Capitol Police officer (opens WJTV in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
WJTV reported it asAG's Office says 'use of force was justified' in shooting that led to death of Kohen Wiley (opens WJTV in a new tab)
Hurricane Isaias is expected to avoid major oil industry centres on the Gulf Coast. However, experts warn that power outages at refineries could disrupt fuel supplies and potentially increase prices.
WJTV reported it asTRACKING THE TROPICS LIVE: Hurricane Isaias bears down on Panhandle (opens WJTV in a new tab)
A former Michigan NICU nurse, Kieran L. Ansley, has been charged with child abuse. The charges stem from injuries discovered on a premature infant girl who had spent months in hospital. Court records indicate the baby suffered multiple fractures and bruising.
WJTV reported it asHospital nurse in Michigan charged after baby suffers broken bones (opens WJTV in a new tab)
Record-high diesel prices have prompted Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to call for an embargo on exports. Farm state Republicans are pressuring the White House to stop exports, citing the impact on farmers and truckers.
WJTV reported it asRising gas prices hit Pine Belt drivers, businesses (opens WJTV in a new tab)
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.
WJTV reported it asLeake County schools released from decades-long desegregation order (opens WJTV 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.
WJTV reported it as9/11 anniversary: Nation pauses to remember lives lost 25 years ago (opens WJTV in a new tab)
A federal court monitor reported Mississippi’s Department of Child Protection Services met only 22 of 107 safety measures in 2025. Children in foster care experienced abuse or neglect at over twice the acceptable rate, and the state is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit.
WJTV reported it asMississippi foster care system fails to meet dozens of safety requirements, new report says (opens WJTV in a new tab)
Mississippi’s Joint Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee met on 3 August 2026 to start redrawing legislative, congressional and judicial districts following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling. Republican leaders declined to specify priorities, while activists called the process a sham.
WJTV reported it asMississippi lawmakers meet to discuss redistricting (opens WJTV 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Nexstar Media GroupMedia 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
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 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. WJTV 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 WJTV: its report arrived a median of 28 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WJTV, 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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