CBS News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give CBS News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 515 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CBS News biased?
The rating organisations do not give CBS News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give CBS News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; 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 News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CBS News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CBS News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CBS News’s own report linked underneath.
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
CBS News reported it asJudge tosses DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska Senate race (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Senator Bernie Sanders defended Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed against accusations of extremism and ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Sanders called the attacks racist and fearmongering, while Ted Cruz and Donald Trump warned of risks associated with El-Sayed.
CBS News reported it asTranscript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 1, 2026 (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
CBS News reported it asDemocrat Haley Stevens endorses Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers amid rift with Abdul El-Sayed (opens CBS News in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
CBS News reported it asTrump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter dismissed with prejudice (opens CBS News in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
CBS News reported it as7.4 million Texans cast early ballots for 2026, a new record for midterm elections (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
CBS News reported it asTrump rallies in Daytona Beach, urges Republicans to vote ahead of midterm elections (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
CBS News reported it asAbdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens feud ahead of key Michigan Senate race (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
CBS News reported it asHow hard is it to recover the $6.3 billion hackers stole from Binance? (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Daniel J. Sullivan, an independent Alaska Senate candidate with a name similar to the Republican incumbent, has left his hometown of Petersburg days before the election. His departure has intensified claims that he was recruited as a 'decoy' to confuse voters.
CBS News reported it asDaniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown before Senate election, sources say (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
CBS News reported it asDOJ and Comey's lawyers face off in court over latest attempt to charge him (opens CBS News in a new tab)
A nearly two-pound meteorite discovered in Mali in 2022 has been identified as a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars. Named Teghaza 001, it offers new insights into the Red Planet's early history and water cycle.
CBS News reported it asRose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara Desert turns out to be 4.1 billion-year-old piece of Mars (opens CBS News in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
CBS News reported it asU.S. cancels G20 group photo in Atlanta after diplomats object to posing with Russia's Lavrov (opens CBS News in a new tab)
A Red Baron employee, Walt Z, became the subject of a viral prank that caused him distress. A GoFundMe fundraiser organized for him has since raised over $500,000, with his employer confirming he remains employed and supported.
CBS News reported it as"My life is hard enough": Michigan Red Baron worker's anguished plea over viral prank turns into $400K windfall (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Federal officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel, announced a crackdown on fraud in Minnesota. Multiple law enforcement agencies executed warrants and raided locations across the Twin Cities.
CBS News reported it asTreasury Secretary Bessent to make "War on Fraud" announcement in St. Cloud after VP Vance cancels (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Qatari mediators have returned to Tehran in an effort to broker a deal between the United States and Iran. The talks are coordinated with Washington, and Qatar has presented a draft peace plan, though a senior Iranian official has rejected it.
CBS News reported it asIran War Updates: Qatar pushes for U.S.-Iran deal under shadow of Trump's threats to resume attacks (opens CBS News in a new tab)
The Justice Department has sent letters to election officials in all 50 states warning them of potential criminal prosecution for failing to preserve election records for 22 months. The letters, dated October 29, were signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter.
CBS News reported it asGovernor Newsom says California sending its own election watchers to monitor voter locations (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
CBS News reported it asPatrick Stewart, best known for "Star Trek" and "X-Men," dies at 86 (opens CBS News in a new tab)
The roof of a water tower housing a rare family of barn owls in Manhattan's Upper West Side has been removed. This action has generated significant outrage among New Yorkers who had become captivated by the birds.
CBS News reported it asUpper West Side water tower that was home to a nest of barn owls under construction, photos show (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three federal weapon charges for a June 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. He is already serving a life sentence for state convictions related to the same attack, which killed one demonstrator and injured about a dozen others.
CBS News reported it asMohamed Soliman changes plea to guilty on federal charges in Boulder firebombing attack (opens CBS News in a new tab)
King Charles III participated in a Junkanoo festival parade in Nassau, Bahamas, while protesters called for reparations for the slave trade. He acknowledged the "great suffering of the past" and stated that Commonwealth leaders would discuss slavery's legacy.
CBS News reported it asKing Charles faces renewed calls for slavery apology, reparations on Caribbean tour: "Pay us what you owe us" (opens CBS News 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- ParamountMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- RedbirdPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- cbsnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- cbsnews.com, cbs.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
- 515
- Reports listed
- 532
- We could read
- 147
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
385 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 147 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. CBS News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 512 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than CBS News’s on 9 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where CBS News publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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