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WUSA9
U.S. center / mostly neutral local news
WUSA9 is the CBS-affiliated local news station for Washington, D.C., long owned by TEGNA Inc. and now part of Nexstar Media Group following Nexstar's 2026 acquisition of TEGNA. It functions as a traditional local news operation focused on regional news, weather, and traffic, with national/international stories sourced from the Associated Press and other Nexstar/TEGNA stations rather than original opinion content. Independent bias trackers rate it near the political center with a high factual-reporting record, and it covers the Trump administration largely through straight local-impact reporting rather than overt advocacy.
Owned byNexstar Media Group (Nexstar completed its $6.2 billion acquisition of former parent TEGNA Inc. in March 2026; integration is currently subject to a preliminary court injunction sought by DirecTV and a coalition of state attorneys general)
LeaningU.S. center / mostly neutral local news
On the administrationmostly neutral
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun