Outlet track record
WCNC (Charlotte)
U.S. center (mainstream local broadcast)
WCNC is Charlotte's NBC affiliate, now owned by Nexstar Media Group after it closed a $6.2 billion purchase of TEGNA Inc. in March 2026, making Nexstar the largest local TV broadcasting group in the country. The station operates as a mainstream local news outlet with no overt editorial slant. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has focused on local and regional impacts — including immigration enforcement actions, federal funding cuts, and rollbacks of DEI programs — reported in a factual, largely neutral manner.
Owned byNexstar Media Group (completed a $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA Inc. in March 2026; TEGNA had owned the station since 2015)
LeaningU.S. center (mainstream local broadcast)
On the administrationmostly neutral
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun