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WSOC
U.S. local news, mostly neutral
WSOC-TV ("Channel 9") is Charlotte, North Carolina's ABC affiliate, owned by Cox Media Group, which is majority-controlled by the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. As a local news station, it focuses mainly on Charlotte-area news, weather, and investigative reporting rather than national political commentary, giving its coverage of the Trump administration a largely neutral, straight-news posture drawn mostly from ABC News' national feed and wire services.
Owned byCox Media Group, whose controlling interest is held by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management (Cox Enterprises retained a minority stake after selling the majority stake in a deal completed in December 2019)
LeaningU.S. local news, mostly neutral
On the administrationmostly neutral
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun