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Fox17
U.S. local TV news; Fox-affiliated station under a conservative-leaning corporate owner
FOX17 is the Fox affiliate in Nashville, owned by Sinclair, a large station group known for a conservative-leaning corporate outlook. Its day-to-day local news is mainly crime, weather, and community coverage, with little overt political slant. Sinclair's corporate decisions have at times favored the Trump-aligned side, but the Nashville newsroom's own coverage of the administration is mostly straightforward and neutral.
Owned byOwned by Sinclair Broadcast Group (now operating as Sinclair, Inc.), a publicly traded company controlled by the Smith family. Sinclair also owns WUXP-TV (MyNetworkTV) in Nashville and co-manages WNAB. Note: 'FOX 17' is also the name of WXMI in West Michigan (fox17online.com), which is owned by E.W. Scripps. This profile covers the Nashville station at fox17.com.
LeaningU.S. local TV news; Fox-affiliated station under a conservative-leaning corporate owner
On the administrationmostly neutral
4average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun