WSFA 12 News media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSFA 12 News in the centre. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WSFA 12 News biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSFA 12 News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WSFA 12 News left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSFA 12 News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WSFA 12 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WSFA 12 News 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 WSFA 12 News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WSFA 12 News’s own report linked underneath.
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.
WSFA 12 News reported it asVideo shows moments leading up to deadly police shooting at Walmart that killed 1-year-old child (opens WSFA 12 News 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.
WSFA 12 News reported it asRep. Figures, Montgomery city/county officials to hold briefing as Isaias nears (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
Governor Gavin Newsom has called for President Donald Trump's removal from office, citing the 25th Amendment. Newsom described Trump as 'mentally ill' and 'deranged and dangerous' after the president suggested Iran could attack Los Angeles or San Diego.
WSFA 12 News reported it asTrump clarifies remarks on San Diego, Los Angeles (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
Italy has concluded its 12-year military presence in Iraq, with the final troops returning home. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated this marks a new phase in bilateral relations, with the withdrawal completed before the September 30 deadline.
WSFA 12 News reported it asUS troops have fully withdrawn from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission. What’s next (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has denied reports suggesting a withdrawal of 25,000 to 40,000 troops from Europe. While the US is re-evaluating its military presence, Whitaker affirmed continued commitment to the continent.
WSFA 12 News reported it asUS troops have fully withdrawn from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission. What’s next (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
US builder Caddell Construction has agreed to pay €30.941 million to settle a probe into alleged worker exploitation at the new US consulate construction site in Milan. The payment includes compensation for overtime, accommodation, and damages, and has led to residence permits for 238 workers.
WSFA 12 News reported it asUnderpaid workers building US Consulate in Milan will split multi-million payout from US firm (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
Iran has presented a seven-day plan to the United States through Qatar aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting regional fighting. The proposal requires the US to lift its blockade on Iranian ports, release $12 billion in frozen funds, and waive oil sanctions.
WSFA 12 News reported it asIran has suggested a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days. Here are the terms (opens WSFA 12 News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump vetoed CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, impacting audiovisual coverage of his UN trip. In response, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox halted their joint television coverage of Trump, citing solidarity with the banned outlets.
WSFA 12 News reported it as5 major news networks, including Fox, agree to suspend pooled coverage of Trump after he banned CNN (opens WSFA 12 News 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
We hold no ownership record for WSFA 12 News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
- Official site
- wsfa.com
- Seen publishing on
- wsfa.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 8
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 12 September 2026
8 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. WSFA 12 News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WSFA 12 News: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 28 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 October 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WSFA 12 News, 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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