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CBS News
MediaBias News has published 6 stories involving CBS News, from August 2026 to September 2026. Each one is scored for how well the original reporting stood up, and lists the reports it was written from.
- Politics
Hegseth Accused of Pressuring Rescued Airmen for '60 Minutes' Interview
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly pressured two airmen, rescued after an F-15 was shot down over Iran, to appear on '60 Minutes'. Military officials allegedly raised concerns about classified information, which Hegseth's office is said to have ignored. The Pentagon has denied the claims.
4 min readTrust 60 · Craft 65 · Hype 45 - Politics · United States
FBI relaxes hiring rules on prostitution encounters
The FBI has ended its policy of automatically disqualifying all applicants with past sexual encounters with prostitutes. The bureau will now consider some candidates holistically, though certain past behaviours remain disqualifying.
United States4 min readTrust 42 · Craft 57 · Hype 20 
Politics · United StatesTulsi Gabbard says husband recovering after rare cancer surgery
Tulsi Gabbard announced her husband Abraham Williams was diagnosed with sacral chordoma, a rare spinal tumour, after back pain. She resigned as director of national intelligence in May to care for him. Doctors removed the cancerous tissue, but Williams continues rehabilitation and scans.
United States3 min readTrust 50 · Craft 95 · Hype 15
Politics · United StatesUS Democrats more positive on socialism than capitalism, CBS poll finds
A CBS News/YouGov poll of 2,287 US adults reveals Democrats view socialism more favourably than capitalism, while most Americans still prefer free markets. Younger Democrats and those with college degrees show stronger support for socialism, linked to perceptions of economic unfairness.
United States4 min readTrust 62 · Craft 44 · Hype 15- Media
The media bias charts disagree with each other on most outlets
Three organisations publish the bias charts people search for, and they are not measuring quite the same thing. Counted across 338 outlets rated by at least two of them, 197 get different verdicts — and on 141 outlets rated by all three, only 50 are unanimous.
6 min read 
Media · United StatesScott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi leave CBS '60 Minutes' for teaching roles
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, long-time correspondents on CBS's '60 Minutes', have been removed from the programme as part of a restructuring and will take up teaching positions. The move follows a broader shakeup at the network's flagship news show.
United States3 min read
