Why we place ABC News as Liberal Mainstream
Broadcast network news is liberal mainstream by this project’s definition, and AllSides rates ABC Lean Left. Its register is institutional and norm-centered rather than ideological, but its starting assumptions are the lens’s.
Updated June 2026
What to expect from ABC News
Straightforward national coverage, institutions treated as legitimate by default, and conflict framed as something to be managed.
Where independent raters land
AllSides: Lean Left.
How the Liberal Mainstream lens reads the news
Institutions, norms, and incremental reform. Read the full explainer on Liberal Mainstream →
See ABC News in the brief
Every morning we analyze ABC News alongside the rest of the spectrum and show how it framed the day's stories next to everyone else, in its own words. That side-by-side is the whole point. Browse recent briefs →
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