CBS News Website Bias and Reliability

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Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates CBS News (website) in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. CBS News (website) is the news division of the Columbia Broadcasting System, owned by Paramount Global and operated by National Amusem*nts. Founded in 1927, it is headquartered in New York City. Its most popular news programs are CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, Face the Nation, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for CBS News (website) according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 41.63

Bias: -2.90

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart^®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL	Bias	Reliability
Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes before pulling back, jolting region amid Gaza cease-fire talks	0	48.67
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. says he believes strikes "prevented an escalation to a major war" in Middle East	5.67	33.33
RFK Jr.'s Secret Service protection ends after suspended campaign	0	42.33
As gray wolves divide conservationists and ranchers, a mediator tries to tame all sides	0.67	43.33
Hone gradually moves away from Hawaii as Category 1 hurricane	0	44.33
In 1969, a ship sank off Australia, killing 21 crew members. The vessel's final resting place remained a mystery — until now.	0	43.33
Biden, Harris meet with Netanyahu a day after Israeli leader's fiery speech to Congress	-3.33	46.33
Kamala Harris condemns pro-Hamas protesters who burned American flag in D.C.	0	43
Boeing's Starliner space capsule faces make-or-break tests before crew can come home	0	45
Senators subpoena Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre to testify publicly	-2	46.33
Biden says nothing can get in way of saving democracy, including "personal ambition"	-1.33	46
Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for nomination	-1.33	45.33
After D.C. man arrested in woman's cold case murder, victim's daughter reveals suspect is her ex-boyfriend: "Unreal"	0	44.33
Trump, GOP urge early and mail voting while continuing to raise specter of voter fraud	-2.67	43.67
Tropical Storm Alberto, first of the Atlantic hurricane season, forms over the Gulf of Mexico	0	43
Louisiana becomes first state to require that Ten Commandments be displayed in public classrooms	-4	44.67
CDK cyberattack shuts down auto dealerships across the U.S. Here's what to know.	0	43.67
America worries about health costs — and voters want to hear from Biden and Republicans	-0.67	45.33
RFK Jr. threatens to sue Nevada over ballot access	0	44.67
Ski town struggles to fill 6-figure job because candidates can't afford housing	0	43
Judge imposes gag order on Trump in New York "hush money" case	-1.67	44.33
In Ohio campaign rally, Trump says there will be a "bloodbath" if he loses November election	-14.67	22.33
House passes government funding package in first step toward averting shutdown	0	45
Workers asked about pay. Then reprisals allegedly began, with a pig's head left at a workstation.	0	43.33
Alabama lawmakers pass bill protecting IVF providers in wake of frozen embryo ruling	0	46