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WRAL (Raleigh, NC)
U.S. center-left
WRAL is a CBS-affiliated local television station and regional news website in Raleigh, NC, owned by the family-run Capitol Broadcasting Company. Media analysts rate it as center-left in editorial orientation, with high standards for factual reporting. During the Trump administration's second term, its coverage has included active fact-checking of presidential claims and reporting that has generally scrutinized administration policies.
Owned byCapitol Broadcasting Company, a privately held company owned by the Fletcher-Goodmon family (now in its fourth generation); Jim Goodmon serves as president and CEO
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun