Outlet track record
Gray Media / KOTA-TV
U.S. center-right (corporate local TV; mostly non-ideological local news)
KOTA-TV is a local ABC affiliate owned by Gray Media, a publicly traded company that is the largest owner of top-rated local TV stations in the U.S. Its local newscasts are mostly traditional and non-ideological. The company's executives are seen as Republican-leaning and it has business before the Trump-era FCC. Its coverage of the administration is mostly neutral, because it relies heavily on wire and network content and focuses on local news.
Owned byKOTA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Rapid City, South Dakota, is owned by Gray Media, Inc. (formerly Gray Television, NYSE: GTN), an Atlanta-based publicly traded company. Gray also owns KHME (MeTV) and low-power KEVN-LD (Fox) in the same market. It is the largest U.S. owner of top-rated local TV stations, in 117 markets reaching about 37% of U.S. households.
LeaningU.S. center-right (corporate local TV; mostly non-ideological local news)
On the administrationmostly neutral
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun