ABC News
News division of the US network ABC, owned by Disney
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC, based in Lower Manhattan, New York City. ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company; ABC News sits within Disney Entertainment Television.Sources:1Wikipedia: ABC News (United States), Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
Disney named the veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News in August 2024.Sources:2Reuters: Disney names veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News, Reuters, 19 August 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
Our reading of 2 articles by ABC News on stories with competing sides. A story counts only when two signals point the same way; balanced coverage counts too. How we decide.
Balanced in every story we analysed.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
Owners, funders and directors
- OwnerThe Walt Disney CompanyOwns the ABC network and its news division Sources:1Wikipedia: ABC News (United States), Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- DirectorAlmin KaramehmedovicPresident of ABC News, appointed by Disney in August 2024 Sources:2Reuters: Disney names veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News, Reuters, 19 August 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
How we use it
2 stories cite ABC News directly.
October 2026
- Iran's president says many struggle for food as Tehran offers to reopen Hormuz if US lifts blockadeMasoud Pezeshkian said many Iranians struggle to put food on the table, Iran's envoy to Pakistan said Tehran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifted its blockade, and a US carrier was reported rearming for possible strikes.
- Saudi Arabia says it downed Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh and Mecca; Houthis say Saudi strikes killed 11Saudi authorities said they intercepted Houthi missiles fired toward Riyadh, Taif, Yanbu and the Mecca and Medina regions, while Houthi media said Saudi airstrikes killed 11 people in Sanaa.
Outside left–right raters
For comparison only. Western raters place outlets on a left–right line, which says nothing about whom they favour in a given story or who funds them; our own tally is above.
No outside rater covers this outlet.
Sources
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