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WKMG
One of the most credible local outlets we track, with a lean close to the center. 1% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.One of the most credible local outlets we track, with a lean close to center. 1% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.
- CREDIBILITY
- 83High
- LEAN
- 50Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 99%
- STORIES
- 66▲ 1 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 20 stories · 95% range 80–86 · updated Oct 1, 2026Lean 20 stories · 95% range 48–52 · updated Oct 1, 2026Originality 67 hosted stories · updated Oct 1, 2026
WHERE IT SITS · 267 OUTLETSOPEN ATLAS →
LEANCenter · 50
CREDIBILITYTop 14% · 83
ORIGINALITYBottom 28% · 99%
WKMG other dots are the 266 other outlets
WHERE IT SITS · 267 OUTLETSATLAS →
LEANCenter · 50
CREDIBILITYTop 14% · 83
ORIGINALITYBottom 28% · 99%
WKMG other dots are the 266 other outlets
SCORECARDTicks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.
STORIES · 12 MONTHS66
August spike: 43 stories, 15 of them on Ethics/Corruption and 10 on Voting Rights.
Hatched: May–Jun, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
TONE TOWARD EACH PARTYNET
RepublicansNet tone −14
DemocratsNet tone 0
About the same as other outlets toward Republicans and Democrats. How tone is measured
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCORECredibility 82 → 83 Oct 1 · 19 stories
- STORY1 new story in the last 7 days · 1 on Economy
- FRAMINGRepublican Senate Candidate Mike Rogers Seeks Support From Democrats and Trump Voters its headline: mixed on Rogers · 7 outlets · Sep 20
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization 64 outlets covered it
CREDIBILITY
83High
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 9 points above the local news average (74).
POLITICAL LEAN
50Center
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
99%
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Up 2 points since September. Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (May–Jun). Local news average: 74, below this range. How score history works
Writing quality 74 · 15 stories, shown apart from credibility
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICSTICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL
- Economy27%+7 PTS against 21% of all outlets’ stories
- Ethics/Corruption15%−17 PTS against 33% of all outlets’ stories
- Healthcare14%+3 PTS against 11% of all outlets’ stories
- Voting Rights12%+1 PTS against 12% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy11%−7 PTS against 18% of all outlets’ stories
- Taxes11%+6 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
- Technology/Privacy8%0 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Education6%+3 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 76 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 76 PAIRS
Republican 58%Democrat 42%
- 1Darline Graham (Republican)7 stories
- 2Dan Sullivan (Republican)5 stories
- 3Byron Donalds (Republican)4 stories
- 4Ralph Norman (Republican)4 stories
- 5Ashley Moody (Republican)3 stories
- 6Ed Markey (Democrat)3 stories
- 7Mary Peltola (Democrat)3 stories
- 8Adam Hamilton (Democrat)2 stories
SAME STORY, DIFFERENT HEADLINES
Republican Senate Candidate Mike Rogers Seeks Support From Democrats and Trump Voters- WKMG (this source)Republican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
- ABC NewsRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
- myMotherLode.com - The Mother Lode's Local News, Sports, Weather, Movies, Classifieds, Yellow Pages, Real EstateRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
- Associated PressRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
- WDIVRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateNEUTRAL
- Winnipeg Free PressRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
- WJXTRepublican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the SenateMIXED ON ROGERS
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and WKMG did not.
OWNERSHIP
Ownership not on file.Owners are added as they are researched, each with a cited source. How ownership is sourced
WHO REPRINTS IT
No other site has reprinted its stories.Only reprints confirmed by the page itself or a second signal count. How reprints are counted
WHOSE STORIES IT CARRIES1
1 outlet in all. Each confirmed repost counts toward the original publisher’s lean, not WKMG’s, and lowers WKMG’s originality.CREDIBILITY
83
87
91
97
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
50
50
50
49
ORIGINALITY
99%
93%
100%
100%
STORIES
66
71
68
541
ECONOMY COVERAGE
27%
25%
19%
25%
TONE TOWARD GOP
−14
−8
−12
−7
TONE TOWARD DEMS
0
+7
+16
+10
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. All four covered 33 stories in common in the last 90 days.
- WKMGTHIS SOURCE
- WDIV
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Associated Press
WKMG83
WDIV87
WFP91
AP97
WKMG50
WDIV50
WFP50
AP49
WKMG99%
WDIV93%
WFP100%
AP100%
WKMG66
WDIV71
WFP68
AP541
WKMG27%
WDIV25%
WFP19%
AP25%
WKMG−14
WDIV−8
WFP−12
AP−7
WKMG0
WDIV+7
WFP+16
AP+10
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. All four covered 33 stories in common in the last 90 days.
- Mainly about Byron DonaldsCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike RogersCRED 95REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jon HustedCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike JohnsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Abdul El-SayedCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Michael WhatleyCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about James ComerCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike JohnsonCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about James TalaricoCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John FettermanCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Bale DaltonCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John FettermanCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ashley MoodyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Chris PappasCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Scott BrownCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about James TalaricoCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about David G. ValadaoCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Adam HamiltonCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Adam HamiltonCRED 95REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Chuck EdwardsCRED 85REPRINTS —
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