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NC Political News

North Carolina state politics; right-of-center lean (limited evidence)

NC Political News is a small, online-only North Carolina politics site owned by Magic Mile Media, a marketing company run by former Kinston mayor BJ Murphy. It publishes a daily email, news briefs and opinion columns. Its coverage is mainly about state and local politics. I found no clear record of a strong stance on the Trump administration.

Owned byMagic Mile Media, Inc., owned by BJ Murphy, a former two-term mayor of Kinston, N.C. Murphy is also publisher of Neuse News. The company took over on December 1, 2020. The site was founded in 2013 by Frank Williams.

LeaningNorth Carolina state politics; right-of-center lean (limited evidence)

On the administrationmostly neutral

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3.3average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

2 Carolina Forward Poll Taken Oct. 1-7 Shows Earls 50%, Stevens 41% in N.C. Supreme Court Race and Cooper 50%, Whatley 40% for Senate
3 Stein Asks NC Supreme Court to Reverse 2-1 Ruling That Upheld Party-List Limit on His Judicial Vacancy Picks; Arguments Set for Nov. 10
5 North Carolina Awards $2.4 Million to 46 Small Businesses Under One NC Small Business Program for Fiscal 2026
3 North Carolina Names First Chief Judge of New Complex Family Financial Court