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KOMO News

U.S. center-right corporate owner; local newsroom largely mainstream and straight-news

KOMO News is Seattle's ABC-affiliated station, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group since 2013. Its local newscasts are mostly conventional and focused on community news, but its owner is known for a conservative-leaning corporate approach. Its current posture toward the Trump administration is mostly neutral locally, though Sinclair as a company has business before the FCC.

Owned bySinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair, Inc.), a publicly traded U.S. broadcaster based in Maryland. KOMO-TV (ABC affiliate, Seattle) has been part of Sinclair since 2013. Sinclair also owns the market's CW affiliate, KUNS-TV.

LeaningU.S. center-right corporate owner; local newsroom largely mainstream and straight-news

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.8average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 Teen Gunman Kills Three Children and a Teacher at Bend, Oregon, Elementary School Before Armed Parent Fatally Shoots Him
2 Boeing and Engineers' Union SPEEA Resumed Contract Talks Aug. 31 After Members Rejected Offer; Contracts Expire Oct. 6
3 Three Dead, Four Wounded in Shooting at Seattle's Bite of Seattle Festival; One Suspect in Custody
2 Kenmore Air Floatplane Crashes and Burns Near Sucia Island; All 11 Aboard Survive, Four Hospitalized