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WRAL (Capitol Bureau)
U.S. center-left
WRAL is the flagship NBC affiliate of the privately held, family-owned Capitol Broadcasting Company in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its Capitol Bureau covers North Carolina state government and politics and is rated Left-Center by Media Bias/Fact Check, though it maintains a high factual-reporting record. Recent Capitol Bureau coverage of the Trump administration is mixed — including investigative pieces on federal policy impacts in NC and reporting that challenges some administration claims, alongside straightforward news coverage of federal disaster funding and economic proposals.
Owned byCapitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. — a privately held, family-owned media company based in Raleigh, NC, controlled by the Fletcher-Goodmon family across four generations; current president and CEO is James F. 'Jimmy' Goodmon Jr.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun