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CBS17

U.S. local-news, mostly neutral

CBS17 is the CBS-affiliated local news station for the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, North Carolina market, owned by Nexstar Media Group. Its day-to-day coverage is standard local news (weather, crime, traffic, state politics) with little visible national political slant, though Nexstar's corporate-level 'must-run' segments have drawn scrutiny for a conservative-friendly tilt.

Owned byNexstar Media Group, the largest local TV station owner in the U.S., acquired WNCN in 2016 through its purchase of Media General

LeaningU.S. local-news, mostly neutral

On the administrationmostly neutral

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3average bias score across 26 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 N.C. Lawmakers Convene Oct. 7 Special Session on Pausing 41-Cent State Gas Tax; Gov. Stein Backs Relief but Questions Timing
5 NC Highway Patrol, SBI and ALE Sign ICE 287(g) Task Force Agreements Ahead of Oct. 1 Reporting Deadline Under Senate Bill 153
3 UNC System Reports Record Preliminary Fall 2026 Enrollment of 260,199, Up 1.4%; 11 of 16 Campuses Grew
3 North Carolina Opens $65 Million Second Round of Helene Repair Grants for Local Governments, Tribes and Volunteer Fire Departments; Applications Due Nov. 23
4 Lee County Approves Up to $46 Million in Tax Rebates for Unnamed $1 Billion Sanford Manufacturing Project
3 Judge Finds Tailei Qi Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in 2023 Killing of UNC Professor Zijie Yan, Orders Indefinite Commitment
4 Two NCCU Students Shot From Passing Vehicle Near Durham Campus; No Arrests
2 Wake County Hospital Systems Seek More Than 700 New Acute-Care Beds; State Plan Allots 233
4 One Inmate Dies After Assault at Harnett Correctional Institution; Another Inmate Charged With First-Degree Murder
3 Nash County Deputies Charge 14-Year-Old Girl With Threatening Mass Violence at Southern Nash High School
2 Campbell University Student, 19, Charged With Felony Threat of Mass Violence, Released on $100,000 Bond
2 NC Elections Board Meets to Set Early Voting Plans for 20 Counties After County Boards Split
4 Goldsboro Police Charge 17-Year-Old in Aug. 15 Double Homicide; Third Juvenile Charged in Two Separate City Killings Since Aug. 13
2 Moore County Deputies Charge Pinebluff Man With Three Counts of Murder and First-Degree Burglary
4 New Durham Food Bank Center Opens as North Carolina Hunger Measures Hit Two-Decade High