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CBS News

U.S. center-left (historically), shifting under new ownership

CBS News is a major U.S. broadcast news division owned by Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Ellison family since the 2025 Paramount-Skydance merger. It has traditionally been seen as center-left in tone, but new ownership has pushed editorial changes seen as courting the Trump administration, even as Trump himself continues to criticize the network as biased.

Owned byParamount Skydance Corporation, controlled by the Ellison family (Larry and David Ellison), who hold roughly 77.5% of voting stock through Harbor Lights Entertainment

LeaningU.S. center-left (historically), shifting under new ownership

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2.8average bias score across 129 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

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4 Brent Falls About 3% to $109.75 at 0407 GMT Monday as Iran Floats Two-Day Plan to Reopen Hormuz
3 Trump Says U.S. Must Still 'Take Care Of' One or Two Iran Sites, Names Pickaxe Mountain; Khamenei Orders 'Unrestricted' Response to Any Attack
4 Fairfield, California, Police Say Pregnant Woman Killed, Six Wounded in Targeted Shooting at Spirit Halloween Store; No Arrest as of October 31
2 Federal Judge Orders DOJ and DHS Not to Threaten or Coerce Election Workers Over Noncitizen-Voting Claims Through Nov. 16
4 Hegseth Fires Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, Joint Staff's Top Planner; Pentagon Says He Leaked Classified Iran and Ukraine Information and Refers Case to Justice Department
3 San Juan River Tops Its 1909 Record at Farmington; About 1,500 Homes Damaged as Trump Signs Emergency Declaration for Northern New Mexico
3 Gunman Kills One and Wounds Five in Drive-By Shooting Near Paris; Antiterror Prosecutors Investigate a Racist Motive
3 Brent Tops $113, a Five-Month High, After Iran's Revolutionary Guard Claims Seven Ships Hit Near Hormuz; Trump Calls the Claims 'Fake'
2 Judge Bars DHS Election-Related Interviews in Nine States When Agents Know or Suspect the Person Is a U.S. Citizen
3 DHS Says About 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese 'Retain Protection' Past Oct. 19 TPS Expiration Date, Sets No End Date
4 FAA Certifies Boeing 737 Max 10, the Largest Max Model, With 1,555 Orders Waiting
3 Trump and Vance Announce $25 Million Fraud Tip Reward Program; Trump Says He Will Decide Who Gets Paid
2 Witkoff Meets Putin in St. Petersburg a Day After Oslo Talks With Zelensky; Russia Frees American Stephen Hubbard, 74
3 Omar's Lawyers Say Agents Broke a Judge's Search Rules and Ask for Her Property Back; Justice Department Says It Obeyed All Court Orders
3 Russia's Lavrov Visits Tehran for Talks; Iran Says Its Seven-Day Hormuz Offer, Rejected by Trump in September, Still Stands