Outlet track record
9News
U.S. center-left (local, accountability-focused)
9News is Denver's NBC affiliate, historically owned by Tegna and now owned by Nexstar Media Group after their 2025-2026 merger. Its signature political program, "Next with Kyle Clark," is known for pointed accountability journalism and fact-checking of politicians of both parties, which has drawn criticism from some conservatives as anti-Trump while also drawing fire from Democrats it has scrutinized. Under new Nexstar ownership — a deal Trump publicly supported and the Trump-era FCC approved — there is speculation about whether that adversarial local style will continue unchanged.
Owned byKUSA-TV, branded 9News, was owned by Tegna Inc. until Tegna was acquired by Nexstar Media Group in a deal announced August 2025 and completed March 19, 2026; 9News is now part of Nexstar's station group
LeaningU.S. center-left (local, accountability-focused)
On the administrationmixed
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun