Centre-left estimate · not a score

CNN

🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent · cnn.com

Spectrum	Left Centre-left Centre Centre-right Right State / loyalist An estimate, not a score.
Founded	1980-06-01 — first broadcast of CNN, launched as the first 24-hour cable news channel · source
Headquarters	One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (CNN Worldwide also operates from 30 Hudson Yards, New York City) · source
Funding	Commercially funded: advertising, cable/pay-TV carriage fees and digital subscriptions, as a division of publicly traded Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBD). No state ownership or state funding identified.
Reach	CNN's own About page describes CNN Digital as reaching more unique visitors than any other online news source, and states CNN International is distributed in over 200 countries and territories.
In its own words	Describes itself as: "CNN's own About page states: 'We are truth-seekers and storytellers. We are journalists, designers and technologists, united by a mission to inform, engage and empower the world... We stand for excellence in our journalism and our products.' It also states journalists using AI tools 'must maintain complete editorial control and review all our content before publication to ensure accuracy, objectivity, fairness and other adherence to our journalistic standards.'."
Identity	Wikipedia

Bias we have measured in their reporting

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Ownership

Holder	Type	Stake	Control	Instrument	Since	Source
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.	company	not disclosed	yes	equity	—	link

Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.

Editorial control

Mark Thompson

Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide

Media executive; former BBC Director-General (2004-2012) and President/CEO of The New York Times Company (2012-2020); became Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide in 2023.

Journalists

Anderson Cooper

Anchor, Anderson Cooper 360° · society

CNN primetime anchor of Anderson Cooper 360°, a global newscast with in-depth reporting and investigations.

Jake Tapper

Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent · politics

CNN chief Washington correspondent; anchors The Lead with Jake Tapper and State of the Union; joined CNN in January 2013 and became lead anchor for Washington, D.C. events in 2021.

Dana Bash

Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent · politics

CNN chief political correspondent; anchors Inside Politics with Dana Bash and co-anchors State of the Union; with CNN since 1993.

Wolf Blitzer

Anchor · politics

Co-anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, covering political, international and breaking news; with CNN for 35 years per the outlet's own profile.

Kaitlan Collins

Anchor and Chief White House Correspondent · politics

Anchors The Source with Kaitlan Collins weeknights at 9pm ET; CNN chief White House correspondent.

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