CBS News: What It Is and How It Shapes Modern Media

When you think of CBS News, a major American broadcast news organization known for its long-form reporting and trusted anchors. Also known as Columbia Broadcasting System News, it has been delivering daily news to millions since the 1920s, shaping how Americans understand politics, war, and culture. Unlike digital-only outlets, CBS News built its reputation on TV broadcasts—live reports from the field, studio interviews, and investigative pieces that often set the tone for the day’s conversation. It’s not just a news channel. It’s a cultural institution that helped define what trustworthy journalism looks like in the 20th century.

But CBS News doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s connected to broadcast journalism, the practice of delivering news through television and radio, with a focus on live reporting and structured storytelling, which relies on cameras, microphones, and real-time editing—tools that filmmakers often mimic in documentaries. It also ties into media bias, the perceived or actual slant in news coverage that favors certain perspectives over others, a topic that comes up often in indie films about truth, power, and public perception. And then there’s news reporting, the process of gathering facts, verifying sources, and presenting stories to the public, something that’s been explored in films like The Post and Spotlight—stories that feel just as real as the nightly broadcast.

You’ll find that many of the posts here don’t just talk about streaming services or horror films—they touch on how stories are told, who gets to tell them, and how audiences decide what to believe. From how Rotten Tomatoes ranks films to how anime translations preserve emotion, these pieces all ask the same question: What makes a story stick? CBS News is part of that same conversation. It’s not just about headlines. It’s about the craft behind them. And in this collection, you’ll see how that craft shows up in unexpected places—whether it’s in a cult film’s irony, a documentary’s animation, or a streaming service’s mood-based categories. The line between news and narrative is thinner than you think. These posts help you see it.