CBS Sports media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places CBS Sports in the centre. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CBS Sports biased?
Ad Fontes Media places CBS Sports in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is CBS Sports left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places CBS Sports in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is CBS Sports reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CBS Sports are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CBS Sports has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CBS Sports’s own report linked underneath.
Republican Barry Moore has won the U.S. Senate election for Alabama, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Moore, a south Alabama congressman, secured the victory with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
CBS Sports reported it asFormer Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville elected Alabama governor (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
CBS Sports reported it asCoco Gauff responds to 'insane' racist remarks after China Open match (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Caitlin Clark was bloodied in the mouth during a WNBA playoff game against the Las Vegas Aces. The Indiana Fever lost the game, ending their playoff run, amid complaints about officiating.
CBS Sports reported it asFever vs. Aces WNBA Game 3 picks: Caitlin Clark likely ousted by A'ja Wilson in winner-take-all matchup (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
The Pittsburgh Steelers traded cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys. Later that day, the Steelers lost to the Cleveland Browns 27-24 after a late field goal by Andre Szmyt.
CBS Sports reported it asJoey Porter Jr. trade rumors: Cowboys, Lions contact Steelers, per report (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka has admitted to acquiring a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate. He will miss the upcoming international camp and UEFA Nations League fixtures as a result. The Swiss Football Association (SFV) made the decision jointly with the player.
CBS Sports reported it asGranit Xhaka admits obtaining fake COVID certificate, dropped from Switzerland squad (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Filip Hrgovic defeated Moses Itauma in the ninth round to win the vacant IBF heavyweight world title. Itauma suffered his first professional loss, with his corner throwing in the towel as Hrgovic dominated.
CBS Sports reported it asFilip Hrgovic scores dramatic TKO of Moses Itauma to claim vacant heavyweight title (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
CBS Sports reported it asEnes Kanter Freedom banned indefinitely from Chicago Sky home games after altercation with Natasha Cloud (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Donald Trump publicly supported FIFA president Gianni Infantino after three football confederations accused him of deception and threatened a boycott. Infantino withdrew a plan to sell World Cup commercial rights following backlash, but UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC demand his removal ahead of the 2027 election.
CBS Sports reported it asDonald Trump backs Gianni Infantino as pressure mounts on FIFA president to resign (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell a $4.2bn stake in World Cup profits to private investors. The proposal, withdrawn after global criticism, prompted UEFA to explore an alternative FIFA president candidate ahead of the March 2027 election.
CBS Sports reported it asWhat does UEFA's loss of confidence mean for Gianni Infantino and FIFA's pending elections? (opens CBS Sports in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
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
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
- ParamountMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- RedbirdPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States
- Official site
- cbssports.com
- Seen publishing on
- cbssports.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
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
8 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. CBS Sports is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of CBS Sports: its report arrived a median of 29 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as CBS Sports, 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.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where CBS Sports 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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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.