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WJLA
U.S. right-center
WJLA is Sinclair Broadcast Group's flagship ABC affiliate serving the Washington, D.C., metro area. Sinclair is a politically conservative broadcast chain that mandates right-leaning national commentary segments on its stations, and the company has maintained a mutually beneficial relationship with the Trump administration across both terms. WJLA's local news covers D.C. and the surrounding region, but its editorial environment is shaped by Sinclair's network-wide directives.
Owned bySinclair Broadcast Group (publicly traded; effectively controlled by the Smith family, heirs of founder Julian Sinclair Smith)
LeaningU.S. right-center
On the administrationbroadly supportive
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun