Outlet track record
Associated Press (via KOMO/affiliates)
U.S. center / slight center-left
The Associated Press is a 180-year-old not-for-profit wire service cooperatively owned by U.S. newspapers and broadcasters; no single company or government controls it. Most independent media-bias analysts place it at center to slight center-left, citing its fact-checking patterns, while others rate it broadly neutral. Since January 2025 AP has been in direct legal conflict with the Trump administration over White House press access, and its coverage of the administration has been broadly critical.
Owned byNot-for-profit news cooperative owned collectively by its U.S. member news organizations — more than 300 daily newspapers and broadcasters. No single private owner or government controls it. Stations such as KOMO (an ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group in Seattle) receive AP content as wire-service subscribers, not as co-owners.
LeaningU.S. center / slight center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun