👤 Eleanor Watson

7 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
7
2026-08-21 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
47
326 extracted in total
Hedged claims
17%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
8,637
characters
Writes for CBS News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
57%
Crime & Law
14%
Economy/Business
14%
World
14%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.CBS NewsIranPentagonArmyNavyBahrainCBO

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.13 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-29 · CBS News · Politics
Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-15 · CBS News · Politics
White House prepares plans to use "mother of all bombs" on Iran
9 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-14 · CBS News · Politics
White House backs Hegseth as new details come out about Iran war's cost
9 outlets covered this event
2026-09-05 · CBS News · Crime & Law
Top military officials faced polygraphs over leaks on munitions, sources say
8 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-15 · CBS News · Economy/Business
Iran war could cost $2 billion per month, Congressional Budget Office estimates
6 outlets covered this event
2026-09-21 · CBS News · World
Iran's early attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-21 · CBS News
Army to nix drone battalion set up to absorb lessons from Ukraine war
🔮 The unit, known as the Unmanned Assault Battalion, was schooled in drone warfare and set to be used as a special group that could deploy anywhere drones were required. assertive
2026-09-05 · CBS News
Top military officials faced polygraphs over leaks on munitions, sources say
🔮 A very small set of people had access to the classified details on the munitions, and there was concern about whether anyone could potentially be acting as a foreign intelligence asset, one of the sources said. assertive
2026-09-14 · CBS News
White House backs Hegseth as new details come out about Iran war's cost
🔮 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the war could cost more per month for as long as it goes on. assertive
2026-09-15 · CBS News
Iran war could cost $2 billion per month, Congressional Budget Office estimates
🔮 The report estimates those costs could rise when there are tit-for-tat exchanges of fire with Iran. mixed
2026-09-21 · CBS News
Iran's early attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise
🔮 One spouse said she could see the contrails of missiles and drones, and another heard explosions from attacks. mixed
2026-09-29 · CBS News
Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
🔮 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News. assertive
2026-10-15 · CBS News
White House prepares plans to use "mother of all bombs" on Iran
🔮 Last week, Mr. Trump said the U.S. would not attack Iran before the midterm elections. assertive
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