Outlet track record
WRAL (Raleigh)
U.S. center-left
WRAL is Raleigh's NBC affiliate, owned by the family-controlled Capitol Broadcasting Company — one of the last independently owned local TV stations in a top-25 U.S. market. Media analysts rate it center-left, and its news coverage of the Trump administration's second term has leaned critical, particularly on immigration enforcement, federal education policy, and civil liberties. It maintains a strong reputation for factual accuracy.
Owned byCapitol Broadcasting Company (CBC), a privately held media company owned by the Fletcher-Goodmon family across four generations; Jimmy Goodmon became CEO in May 2025
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2.7average bias score across 12 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun