CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the United States broadcaster CBS, with a long history in American broadcast journalism. It provides television and online coverage of national and international news, politics, and current affairs for a wide audience.

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CBS News at a glance

Country: United States
Region: North America · Americas
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1927
Owner: Paramount
Published from: New York City
Website: cbsnews.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups CBS News

Crosswire groups CBS News as Centrist for comparisons within the United States' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In the United States, The New York Times and CNN are listed as Left-leaning, while Fox News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open CBS News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where CBS News sits in the United States' press

CBS News was founded in 1927, is published from New York City and is owned by Paramount. It is one of 14 outlets tracked in the United States, and one of 5 television news channels among them — the others being CNN, Fox News, NBC News and ABC News. By outlets tracked, the United States ranks first of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.

Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 21 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to CBS News outside the United States, starting with North America, are HTS News 4orce (St. Lucia), Radio Bío-Bío (Chile), Teleamazonas (Ecuador) and Subrayado (Uruguay). Opening one of them beside CBS News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.