WVTF
69% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles. 5 stories are credited to it.69% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.
- CREDIBILITY
- —2 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —2 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- 31%
- STORIES
- 5▲ 1 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Originality 13 hosted stories · updated Oct 13, 2026
WVTF at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
5Hatched: Nov, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCOREOriginality 33% → 31% Oct 12 · 13 stories
- STORY1 new story in the last 7 days · 1 on Civil Rights/Liberties
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
WVTF’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 2 of 10.
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting.
POLITICAL LEAN
Not enough stories yet: 2 of 10.
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
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What WVTF covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Civil Rights/Liberties20%+18 PTS against 2% of all outlets’ stories
- Elections/Campaigns20%−18 PTS against 38% of all outlets’ stories
- Voting Rights20%+17 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 4 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 4 PAIRS
- 1Bert Mizusawa (Republican)1 stories
- 2Beth Macy (Democrat)1 stories
- 3Mark R. Warner (Democrat)1 stories
- 4Thomas Perriello (Democrat)1 stories
How WVTF framed shared stories, and what it skipped
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and WVTF did not.
WVTF’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
SIMILAR OUTLETS
Compare WVTF with other outlets
Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. Add outlets to line them up with this one.
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CIVIL RIGHTS/LIBERTIES COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. Add outlets to line them up with this one.
- Mainly about Bert MizusawaCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Thomas PerrielloCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Eleanor Holmes NortonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Bryce ReevesCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mark R. WarnerCRED 80REPRINTS —
