Outlet track record
The Assembly
U.S. center-left
The Assembly is a for-profit, digital-first North Carolina news outlet founded in 2021 by Kyle Villemain, sustained through a mix of reader subscriptions, foundation grants, and investor capital. It focuses on in-depth reporting about politics, policy, and power in North Carolina, and Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Left-Center with high factual accuracy. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has largely emphasized the negative impact of federal policies—particularly DOGE spending cuts—on North Carolina institutions and communities.
Owned byFor-profit company founded and led by Kyle Villemain (founder and CEO); employee-owned structure with an investor and philanthropic backing base
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
4average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun