WOWK media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WOWK in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WOWK biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WOWK in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WOWK left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WOWK in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WOWK reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WOWK are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What WOWK has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WOWK’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
WOWK reported it asFed hikes interest rates by quarter point (opens WOWK in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
WOWK reported it as10 percent chance AI could kill all humans within 'next decade,' Anthropic worker claims (opens WOWK in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
WOWK reported it as10 percent chance AI could kill all humans within 'next decade,' Anthropic worker claims (opens WOWK in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
WOWK reported it as10 percent chance AI could kill all humans within 'next decade,' Anthropic worker claims (opens WOWK in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
WOWK reported it as10 percent chance AI could kill all humans within 'next decade,' Anthropic worker claims (opens WOWK in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked New York's law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years for climate change damages. The judge found the state law conflicted with federal authority, particularly the Clean Air Act.
WOWK reported it asAG McCuskey: court strikes down New York climate change law (opens WOWK in a new tab)
A federal judge has authorized involuntary feeding and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is jailed on charges of shooting two National Guard troops. Lakanwal was hospitalized in July after he stopped eating, and the order allows medical staff to provide nutrition against his will.
WOWK reported it asJudge authorizes involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting (opens WOWK in a new tab)
Melissa Farris has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of destroying the World War II Memorial and government property. She is accused of spray painting the monument and filling a fountain with bubbles on August 13.
WOWK reported it asKentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington (opens WOWK in a new tab)
The White House identified over 40 countries, including the EU, Mexico, and India, as risks for facilitating Chinese tariff evasion through illegal transshipment. A report estimates $60 billion in goods are involved, with India, Mexico, and Vietnam named as top hubs. The US plans AI-powered enforcement.
WOWK reported it asWhite House accuses over 40 countries of helping China avoid US tariffs (opens WOWK 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.
WOWK reported it asLeavitt to leave White House press secretary role, Trump says (opens WOWK in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington permitted the US Department of Homeland Security to continue building a border wall section using levees near Presidio, Texas. The decision overrides local objections that the construction could cause flooding and violate environmental laws.
WOWK reported it asA federal judge lets DHS proceed with a border wall through a small Texas town’s levee system (opens WOWK 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Nexstar Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Official site
- wowktv.com
- Seen publishing on
- wowktv.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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
11 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. WOWK is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WOWK: its report arrived a median of 17 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.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WOWK, 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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