Outlet track record
WJLA / Sinclair (7News)
U.S. right
WJLA-TV (7News) is Washington, D.C.'s ABC affiliate, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, a large publicly traded television chain whose founding Smith family retains majority voting control. Sinclair is widely documented as having a conservative editorial tilt, mandating that its local stations air centrally produced pro-Republican commentary alongside local news. Its coverage has generally aligned with Trump-era priorities, and independent media monitors consistently rate the Sinclair network as right-leaning.
Owned bySinclair Broadcast Group (publicly traded; the Smith family holds majority voting control through supervoting Class B shares, with David D. Smith serving as Executive Chairman)
LeaningU.S. right
On the administrationbroadly supportive
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun