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CBS Boston
U.S. center-left
CBS Boston (WBZ-TV, Channel 4) is a CBS owned-and-operated local television station in Boston, Massachusetts, now part of Paramount Skydance following the August 2025 merger with Paramount Global. It leans center-left, with story selection that tends to favor liberal perspectives while maintaining high factual reporting standards. Its coverage of the Trump administration has been broadly critical, frequently spotlighting federal funding disputes, legal challenges, and policy controversies affecting Massachusetts.
Owned byCBS News and Stations, a division of Paramount Skydance — formed in August 2025 when Skydance Media completed its acquisition of Paramount Global; David Ellison serves as chairman and CEO
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun