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KATU
U.S. right-center
KATU is a Portland, Oregon ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, a large conservative-leaning broadcast chain. Sinclair's corporate mandates have nudged station content rightward, though day-to-day local news coverage generally follows standard local-TV conventions. Under the second Trump administration, KATU's posture reflects Sinclair's broadly accommodating stance toward Trump while still covering local Oregon news on its own terms.
Owned bySinclair Broadcast Group (publicly traded; controlled by the Smith family, descendants of founder Julian Sinclair Smith)
LeaningU.S. right-center
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun