WRGB media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give WRGB 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 46 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WRGB biased?
The rating organisations do not give WRGB 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 WRGB left or right?
The rating organisations do not give WRGB 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 WRGB reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WRGB 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 WRGB has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WRGB’s own report linked underneath.
The office of Republican Senator Susan Collins in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with red paint on the sidewalk reading 'Blood on her hands'. This is the second such incident in about a month, occurring just before Election Day.
WRGB reported it as'Blood on her hands' graffiti appears outside Sen. Collins' Biddeford office (opens WRGB in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against five individuals in a nationwide scheme to defraud federal student aid programs. Investigators allege the use of stolen American identities to enrol 'ghost students' and divert millions in funds, with links to Kenya.
WRGB reported it asDOJ busts massive 'ghost student' fraud scheme involving 830K suspicious accounts (opens WRGB in a new tab)
New York has enacted legislation restricting how AI companion chatbots interact with children under 18. The law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, defines a dozen prohibited 'unsafe AI companion features' and takes effect January 1.
WRGB reported it asGov. Hochul signs bill to shield children from unsafe AI chatbots, baby monitors (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Barack Obama after Obama compared White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory. Bessent made his remarks while at a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump also responded to Obama's comments.
WRGB reported it asSecretary Bessent mocks Obama following the former president's Cheesecake Factory comment (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama ridiculed President Donald Trump’s White House renovation as resembling a Saddam Hussein‑opened Cheesecake Factory during Ohio and Michigan campaign events nine days before the 2026 U.S. midterms. Digests reported two cost estimates, $900 million and over a billion dollars, and varied in what they highlighted.
WRGB reported it asSecretary Bessent mocks Obama following the former president's Cheesecake Factory comment (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
WRGB reported it asSoccer league bars 3-year-old after parents say he was 'too good' (opens WRGB in a new tab)
An upstate New York woman, Marva Cook, was charged with illegal voting after telling Homeland Security she only recently discovered she was not a U.S. citizen. The Trump administration cited the arrest as part of its non‑citizen voter hunt before the midterms.
WRGB reported it asFive non-citizens arrested, charged with voting illegally (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Federal agents have issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation into her family's immigration history. The probe follows a search of Omar's Washington, DC home.
WRGB reported it asInvestigation into Ilhan Omar intensifies after home searched, subpoenas issued (opens WRGB in a new tab)
A U.S. banking regulator found that nine of the nation's largest banks denied services to customers based on political, religious, or social views. The report, spanning 2020 to September 2025, was based on 100,000 complaints and hundreds of individual bank decisions.
WRGB reported it asBig banks discriminated against conservative groups, citing 'reputation risk': report (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
WRGB reported it asMan ejected from Six Flags coaster struck other riders before fatal fall, police say (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Donald Trump has suggested renaming either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, proposing names such as 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas.' He also stated he would not rename the Hudson or Mississippi rivers.
WRGB reported it asTrump floats renaming Atlantic, Pacific Ocean to 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas' (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Donald Trump brought boxing legend Mike Tyson on stage at a rally in Syracuse, New York. Tyson was also photographed in the White House press briefing room.
WRGB reported it asPresident Trump denounces Hochul, James in speech (opens WRGB in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is campaigning in Texas for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, visiting the state for the third time in less than a month. Republicans face unexpectedly close midterm election contests in Texas as they aim to maintain control of Congress.
WRGB reported it asTrump calls for debate in Texas's US Senate race (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy released a 52-count mock indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of neglecting her duties. James' campaign dismissed the document as a stunt and highlighted a recent Medicaid fraud arrest.
WRGB reported it asNY Republican attorney general candidate drops 52-count 'indictment' against Letitia James (opens WRGB in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech in Athens on Western civilization, its history, and current challenges. He spoke at the Pnyx, with the Acropolis in the background, and referred to Greece as a model ally.
WRGB reported it asRubio meets Greek foreign minister in Athens to deepen NATO ties amid regional instability (opens WRGB in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks with a statement that acknowledged the Hamas massacre while also criticizing Israel's subsequent actions in Gaza. He stated that suffering continued through Israel's actions, which he described as genocide.
WRGB reported it asMamdani’s Oct. 7 statement draws backlash for calling Israel’s Gaza war ‘genocide’ (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Donald Trump posted Senator Tom Cotton's cellphone number on Truth Social, criticising the Republican for obstructing the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill, which would make daylight saving time permanent, passed the House but is stalled in the Senate.
WRGB reported it asPresident Trump posts what he says is Sen. Tom Cotton's cellphone number (opens WRGB in a new tab)
The State Department revoked more than 250,000 visas during Donald Trump's presidency. Violations included criminal conduct, fraud, and national security threats. The move is part of a broader crackdown on unlawful immigration.
WRGB reported it asState Department says more than 250,000 visas revoked (opens WRGB in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has permitted the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own. The court will hear arguments on the policy in December, with three liberal justices dissenting from the decision.
WRGB reported it asSupreme Court allows faster third-country deportations to resume for now (opens WRGB in a new tab)
Eva Bratcher, 72, faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding Social Security of $21,402 by collecting her mother's benefits after her death in 2021. Her mother's body was found in a garage freezer two years later.
WRGB reported it as17 people charged for allegedly stealing $1.3 million in Social Security benefits: report (opens WRGB 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 CheckleanRight
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
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, United States
- Official site
- cbs6albany.com
- Seen publishing on
- cbs6albany.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
- 46
- Reports listed
- 46
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
44 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.
On 6 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and WRGB ran the story anyway.
Across the 46 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WRGB’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 25 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WRGB, 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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