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CNBC

U.S. center-left

CNBC is a U.S. business and financial news cable channel, now part of Versant — an independent public media company spun out of Comcast in early 2026. Multiple media-bias trackers rate it lean-left or left-center, with a primary focus on markets, economics, and corporate news. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has leaned broadly critical, particularly on tariff and trade policy and their economic consequences.

Owned byVersant (public company, Nasdaq: VSNT), spun off from Comcast/NBCUniversal effective January 2, 2026; previously a division of NBCUniversal News Group under Comcast

LeaningU.S. center-left

On the administrationbroadly critical

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2.6average bias score across 55 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

2 Dollar and Treasury Yields Hold Firm as Gulf Oil Shock Complicates the Fed's September Decision
2 Asian Chip Stocks Rally on July 21 as Samsung, SK Hynix and TSMC Reverse Early-July AI-Chip Selloff
3 Houthis Declare Naval Blockade on Saudi Arabia; Oil Prices Rise as Analysts Weigh Supply Risk
2 Trump Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested in U.S. After Mamdani Cites ICC Warrant
4 New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Speaks With Trump and Zelensky in First Calls in Office
3 June Housing Starts Rose 19% and Retail Sales Grew 0.2% as Fed Weighs July 29 Rate Decision
2 Tesla and Alphabet Report Earnings This Week as Investors Weigh Payoff From Record AI Spending
4 Senate Crypto Market-Structure Bill Released in Revised Form With No Democratic Backing Ahead of August Recess
2 SpaceX Shares Close at Record Low, Below June IPO Price, After Six-Day Slide
2 SpaceX Shares Close at Record Low, Below June IPO Price, After Six-Day Slide
2 War-Risk Insurance for Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Jumps Again as U.S.-Iran Fighting Resumes
2 China's Q2 2026 GDP Growth Slows to 4.3%, Below Official Target, as Exports Hit Multiyear High
3 Netflix Beats Q2 Estimates but Guides Q3 Revenue Below Wall Street Forecasts; Shares Hit 52-Week Low
2 University of Michigan's July Preliminary Sentiment Rises as Gas Prices Ease; Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations Stay Elevated
2 U.S. Imposes 25% Section 301 Tariff on Brazil, Advances Separate Forced-Labor Duties on About 60 Countries