WSPA media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSPA in the centre. We have seen it on 81 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is WSPA biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSPA in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is WSPA left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place WSPA in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is WSPA reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for WSPA 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 WSPA has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with WSPA’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
WSPA reported it asWinners and losers of the 2026 midterms (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
WSPA reported it asWinners and losers of the 2026 midterms (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Democrat Jamie Ager has won North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating Republican Jennifer Balkcom. The seat became open after Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards withdrew from the race.
WSPA reported it asDemocrat Jamie Ager wins election to U.S. House in NC's 11th District (opens WSPA in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
WSPA reported it asDemocrats see battleground map expand to South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
WSPA reported it asMan charged with sending white substance to 4 lawmakers (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson is drawing parallels to Donald Trump while emphasizing his own journey from poverty to billionaire status. He has spent nearly $200 million of his own money on his campaign, using the motto 'From foster care to billionaire.'
WSPA reported it asRepublican billionaire Rick Jackson is walking a Trump tightrope in his quest to lead Georgia (opens WSPA in a new tab)
A government contractor, Ian Brinksman, has been arrested and charged with leaking classified national defense information. Prosecutors allege he exploited his access to sensitive government systems to examine and share classified reports with a romantic partner who published the material.
WSPA reported it asGovernment contractor arrested for allegedly leaking national defense information (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
WSPA reported it asEarly voting surges in battleground states as Democrats outpace GOP gains (opens WSPA in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
WSPA reported it asEarly voting surges in battleground states as Democrats outpace GOP gains (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff damaged a World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower while moving it to his Pentagon office. The artifact suffered a gash and its spherical portion detached from its mounting.
WSPA reported it asHegseth’s team broke WWII-era globe from Eisenhower’s office (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa was arrested on October 21, 2026, facing charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud. The accusations involve $50,000 in city COVID-19 relief funds awarded to businesses linked to her or her family.
WSPA reported it asFlorida mayor arrested for funneling COVID relief grants to family businesses: Officials (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Democrats and allied groups have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration. The suit, lodged in federal court in Washington D.C., accuses the administration of trying to interfere with the midterm elections and intimidate election officials.
WSPA reported it asDemocrats sue to block Trump administration from usurping states' authority to administer elections (opens WSPA in a new tab)
An FBI anti-corruption team investigated allegations of a bribery scheme involving Senator Lindsey Graham and a Hawaii-based defense contractor. The probe reportedly went dark after the Trump administration reduced resources for the FBI and Department of Justice.
WSPA reported it asFBI investigated whether Graham, Clyburn were involved in bribery scheme: Report (opens WSPA in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced plans to close the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, D.C. for 15 months of renovations, beginning November 15. The announcement comes despite a federal judge's order to halt redevelopment plans.
WSPA reported it asTrump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations (opens WSPA in a new tab)
US consumers are increasingly frustrated and confused by high-tech pricing strategies used by retailers and restaurants. The adoption of digital price tags and AI tools for price setting is raising concerns about transparency and personalized costs.
WSPA reported it asConsumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools (opens WSPA in a new tab)
The 'No Kings' coalition, previously known for anti-Trump demonstrations, organized nationwide events focused on voter turnout and early voting for the midterm elections. Organizers described the effort as nonpartisan, aiming to increase early voting numbers and train poll watchers.
WSPA reported it asNo Kings rallies across U.S. urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms (opens WSPA in a new tab)
A teacher's actions and an armed parent's intervention stopped a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The attack resulted in the deaths of three children and a teacher, with one child wounded.
WSPA reported it asHow a driver, a dad and a teacher tried to stop the Oregon school shooter (opens WSPA in a new tab)
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The shooter, identified as John Griffin Jr. III, used a shotgun purchased by his mother and was killed by a bystander. Two others were critically injured.
WSPA reported it as'We will come together': City of Bend mourns after deadly shooting at elementary school (opens WSPA in a new tab)
A government report recommended that federal immigration officials ensure body cameras are uniformly activated when needed. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rejected this, citing privacy concerns with automatic activation. The report covered the period from February 2025 to September of this year.
WSPA reported it asICE rejects suggestion officers wear body cameras that automatically activate (opens WSPA in a new tab)
Texas prosecutors are considering criminal charges against an ICE officer involved in an incident in Houston. The officer allegedly struck a man with a vehicle, an act prosecutors are reviewing as aggravated assault.
WSPA reported it asICE officer appeared to intentionally strike man with vehicle in Houston: Prosecutor (opens WSPA 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.
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
- 81
- Reports listed
- 81
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
81 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. WSPA is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 81 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of WSPA: its report arrived a median of 21 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as WSPA, 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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