WSMV Nashville media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSMV Nashville in the centre. We have seen it on 26 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WSMV Nashville biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSMV Nashville in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WSMV Nashville left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSMV Nashville in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WSMV Nashville reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WSMV Nashville 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 WSMV Nashville has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WSMV Nashville’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats achieved significant victories in states previously considered reliably Republican, including winning their first Texas Senate race in 38 years and unseating Governor Greg Abbott. These results are seen by some as a potential political shift, driven by factors like Donald Trump's unpopularity and voter concerns about the cost of living.
WSMV Nashville reported it asThe 2026 midterms were first election under new congressional map in Tennessee. Here are the results of those races (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Democrats achieved significant victories in states previously considered reliably Republican, including winning their first Texas Senate race in 38 years and unseating Governor Greg Abbott. These results are seen by some as a potential political shift, driven by factors like Donald Trump's unpopularity and voter concerns about the cost of living.
WSMV Nashville reported it asWhy some early Tennessee election results show razor-thin margins (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
WSMV Nashville reported it asUS Launches Airstrikes on Iran in Strait of Hormuz Ahead of Midterms (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
WSMV Nashville reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
WSMV Nashville reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
WSMV Nashville reported it asWhen do polls close and when will election results come in? A state-by-state guide to the 2026 midterms (opens WSMV Nashville 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.
WSMV Nashville reported it asTrump Hits Back at Obama over Saddam 'Cheesecake Factory' Jab (opens WSMV Nashville 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.
WSMV Nashville reported it asObama doubles down on ‘Cheesecake Factory’ joke after criticism from Trump (opens WSMV Nashville 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.
WSMV Nashville reported it asLeaked video shows moments leading up to deadly Senatobia police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Russia has indicated readiness to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States after November 4. Presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov described the potential next round as exploratory, suggesting initial meetings might not yield significant outcomes.
WSMV Nashville reported it asPutin Agrees to Resume Ukraine Peace Talks After Nov. 10 (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Russia's position on an energy truce with Ukraine remains unchanged, with Moscow seeking lasting peace rather than a temporary ceasefire, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. His remarks precede a meeting between President Putin and US special representative Steve Witkoff.
WSMV Nashville reported it asPutin Agrees to Resume Ukraine Peace Talks After Nov. 10 (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Preparations have begun for a trilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and US President Donald Trump. The meeting is planned for the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, in November. Putin's attendance at a December G20 summit in Miami is contingent on APEC outcomes.
WSMV Nashville reported it asPutin Agrees to Resume Ukraine Peace Talks After Nov. 10 (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Donald Trump promised a $100 million investment in a Kentucky pharmaceutical facility if Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections. He also spoke about his power in a second term and claimed Google now defers to him.
WSMV Nashville reported it asTrump heads to Kansas to stump for Sen. Marshall ahead of midterms (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
German police are investigating an incident in Cologne where a robot allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl. Two young men are under investigation for controlling the robot, with some reports noting its unusual attire.
WSMV Nashville reported it asPolice confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion between first responders and Tennessee prison officials after her execution failed last month. 911 dispatch recordings reveal the delay, with one report suggesting it lasted over 30 minutes.
WSMV Nashville reported it as911 call transcript from botched Christa Pike execution released (opens WSMV Nashville 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.
WSMV Nashville reported it asPresident Trump talks about wanting to rename another body of water after him (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
WSMV Nashville reported it asChrista Pike is still alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, lawyer says (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
The Trump administration is distributing $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans in 30 states. The Treasury Department began sending these payments on September 30, intended for individuals who purchased health insurance through HealthCare.gov and paid the full premium without federal subsidies.
WSMV Nashville reported it asTrump administration to begin sending $500 Obamacare refund checks. See who qualifies (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
WSMV Nashville reported it asSole female death row inmate set for execution; A look back on Christa Pike’s case and a letter she wrote days before her execution (opens WSMV Nashville in a new tab)
Two University of Mississippi students, Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, died on September 21. Kratom was discovered in a package during the investigation into their deaths, though its connection remains unclear. Causes of death are unconfirmed.
WSMV Nashville reported it asStudent newspaper confirms identities in deaths of Ole Miss students (opens WSMV Nashville 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.
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
- Meredith CorporationMedia 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
- 26
- Reports listed
- 28
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
28 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. WSMV Nashville is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 26 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than WSMV Nashville’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 27 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 11 November 2026. Ratings pulled 13 October 2026.
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