CBS Austin media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give CBS Austin one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 24 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CBS Austin biased?
The rating organisations do not give CBS Austin one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is CBS Austin left or right?
The rating organisations do not give CBS Austin one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is CBS Austin reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CBS Austin are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CBS Austin has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CBS Austin’s own report linked underneath.
President Donald Trump is hosting over 100 hunters and outdoor industry leaders for a White House dinner where he is expected to sign executive orders aimed at expanding access to public lands and waterways. The orders will also reverse certain Biden-era restrictions, including those on lead ammunition.
CBS Austin reported it asTrump to host hunters, anglers and outdoor leaders at White House Rose Garden dinner (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has seen all supporting artists withdraw after the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was reportedly dropped due to his pro-Palestine stance. Greta Thunberg and Shane MacGowan's widow have commented on the situation.
CBS Austin reported it asGreta Thunberg tells Ed Sheeran the Palestinian people are the 'one victim here' (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion arms package that includes 40,000 heavy aerial bombs. The sale, reported by The Washington Post, involves munitions that have been linked to civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon.
CBS Austin reported it asTrump plans to send 40,000 bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion deal: report (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Newly released FBI documents offer further insight into Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. The records, obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, include interviews with Crooks' father and describe his withdrawn personality and growing interest in weapons.
CBS Austin reported it asAnonymous donor paid for the body of Trump's would-be assassin to be cremated: report (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the FBI has new information regarding the attacker in the 2024 attempt on Donald Trump's life. Trump claimed on social media that the assassination attempt was a "Democrat plot" to remove him from the election, though investigations concluded the shooter acted alone.
CBS Austin reported it asAnonymous donor paid for the body of Trump's would-be assassin to be cremated: report (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Donald Trump alleged the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a 'Democratic Plot' to remove him from the election. The FBI has found no connections between the suspect and others, and Trump offered no evidence for his claim.
CBS Austin reported it asAnonymous donor paid for the body of Trump's would-be assassin to be cremated: report (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo mocking South Asian students at a University of Texas football game. Republican leaders John Cornyn and Dustin Burrows condemned the post, and former adviser Karl Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
CBS Austin reported it asTexas GOP rail nominee Bo French draws backlash over UT photo, immigration remarks (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance announced that approximately 870,000 borrowers suspected of pandemic-era fraud will be suspended from future federal small-business loans. These individuals are linked to an estimated $39 billion in alleged fraud, with over 80 people charged in connection with $245 million.
CBS Austin reported it as870,000 suspected COVID-era fraudsters 'cut off' from federal loans, Vance says (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
CBS Austin reported it asDallas readies for GOP’s first midterm convention as Trump, Vance to headline (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The talks occurred as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a potential ceasefire, while Russian missiles struck airports near Kyiv.
CBS Austin reported it asUS envoys meet with Putin in new push to end Ukraine war (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Excavation for a planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington, D.C. is set to begin within two weeks, the Trump administration announced. The project faces a lawsuit and criticism over its potential impact on historic sightlines.
CBS Austin reported it asTrump administration says work to begin soon on 250-foot D.C. arch memorial project (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Operation Rotten Apple, a federal immigration enforcement initiative, resulted in the detention of over 2,100 migrants in New York. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the operation's findings, criticizing state and city politicians for sanctuary policies.
CBS Austin reported it asICE: 'Operation Rotten Apple' arrests 2,100 immigrants across New York in 30 days (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump has strongly advocated for data centers, stating that communities opposing them risk becoming "backwards and poor." He suggested that such opposition could benefit China and urged support for the facilities as a path to prosperity.
CBS Austin reported it asTrump pushes back against data center rejection: 'Let Data Reign' (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Comedian Bill Maher stated that the Democratic Party is unwelcoming to Jewish faith, suggesting a double standard. This comes as a poll indicates a majority of Democrats hold unfavorable views of Israel.
CBS Austin reported it asBill Maher mocks Democrats’ ‘double standard’ on faith, saying Jewish belief isn’t welcome (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
The family of Iryna Zarutska, who was killed on the Charlotte Area Transit system's Blue Line in August 2025, plans to file a civil lawsuit. A state audit revealed safety and security gaps, including a lack of fare enforcement and physical security.
CBS Austin reported it asIryna Zarutska's family files wrongful-death lawsuit after her murder on Charlotte train (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
A defendant who turned herself in to Capitol Police on 27 January 2025 was sentenced to 63 months in prison after admitting to planning to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English carried a knife, two Molotov cocktails and additional incendiary materials.
CBS Austin reported it as'I'm so sorry': Defendant sentenced for plot to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
More than two dozen Texas families, represented by civil liberties groups, have petitioned the US Supreme Court to block a state law requiring public school classrooms to display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled the law does not violate the First Amendment.
CBS Austin reported it asFamilies ask SCOTUS to rule on Texas' Ten Commandments requirement for public schools (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week” that the first wave of progressive rhetoric, which she labelled “Woke 1”, was “crazy”. She made the remark while discussing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, who has faced criticism for past social media posts calling to abolish prisons and cancel Thanksgiving.
CBS Austin reported it asCritics say AOC is distancing from some past progressive stances as Miller blasts remarks (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor and former Bush adviser, is the early frontrunner to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, though multiple sources say the selection process remains open. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met Jennings at a Washington steakhouse, but other names, including Natalie Harp, are also under consideration.
CBS Austin reported it asWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave role by the end of August (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed dismissed Hasan Piker’s 2019 claim that the US ‘deserved’ the 9/11 attacks as a ‘dumb statement’ but maintained his association with the streamer. Right-rated outlets led on the controversy, while centre-rated reports noted the disavowal without framing it as a campaign liability.
CBS Austin reported it asWho is Hasan Piker? Prominent streamer dividing Democratic party (opens CBS Austin in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
- Official site
- cbsaustin.com
- Seen publishing on
- cbsaustin.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 24
- Reports listed
- 24
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
19 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 5 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. CBS Austin is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 24 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than CBS Austin’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 17 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as CBS Austin, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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