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Launched in 2020 by Nexstar, which owns more local television stations than any other American company, explicitly positioned as an unbiased alternative to partisan cable news.
It draws on Nexstar's local newsrooms for national coverage, which gives it reach outside the coasts that its competitors lack. Critics argue that the promise of neutrality is easier to advertise than to deliver, that several hires have come from openly partisan backgrounds, and that its audience remains small enough to make the record hard to judge.