CNN

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Left: Mainstream liberal perspectives focusing on social equality and regulation.

Rated on cnn.com written coverage, not cable programming. AllSides rates it Lean Left (high confidence). Collected from CNN's news sitemap, because its RSS feeds stopped updating in 2023 and 2024. Mantle v1 rating based on story selection, framing and sourcing in recent news coverage, cross-checked against independent public ratings. Under review; see the methodology page.

The rating covers CNN’s news reporting, not its opinion pages. It is Mantle’s editorial judgement, last reviewed Oct 29, 2026. How outlets are rated. Disagree with this rating?

Rating history

• Rated LeftOct 29, 2026

  Mantle v1 rating (seed refresh)

Recent coverage

• 29 min ago

  Israel’s election ended in deadlock. Here are four ways out

  Part of: Israel's election produces no clear majority, leaving coalition talks open

• 35 min ago

  Mushroom killer to be jailed for life after appeals court finds sentence too light

  Part of: Victoria’s Court of Appeal rules on Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder appeals

• 1 hr ago

  Shares of Google’s parent company just had their worst day ever. Here’s what it means

  Part of: Alphabet shares drop sharply after earnings miss, erasing about $500 billion in value

• 2 hr agoOpinion

  Bukele adds a wildcard to Haiti’s fractured security landscape

  Part of: El Salvador deploys more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to search for four missing soldiers

• 2 hr ago

  Peptides could soon be easier to get in the United States. Here’s what to know

  Part of: HHS policy lets compounding pharmacies make six peptides not approved by FDA

• 5 hr ago

  Justice Department’s Dan Sullivan criminal probe accelerates after Alaska campaign revelations

  Part of: Justice Department issues new subpoenas in Alaska Senate race probe

• 5 hr ago

  Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators

  Part of: Mohamed Soliman pleads guilty to federal hate crime charges over Boulder firebombing

• 5 hr ago

  Machado pushes for new elections in first news conference since returning to Venezuela

  Part of: Machado returns to Caracas as Venezuela's acting president pledges elections

• 6 hr ago

  Hackers claim leak of sensitive details on thousands of DHS workers

  Part of: Nonprofit publishes data on more than 40,000 Homeland Security employees

• 6 hr ago

  Spanish train crash yet another blow to Sánchez’s government ahead of elections in November

  Part of: Train collision in Spain kills at least 68 people, second rail crash this year

• 7 hr ago

  A rock formation collapse in Turkey’s touristic Cappadocia region kills at least 3

  Part of: Rock formation collapse in Turkey’s Cappadocia kills at least two

• 11 hr ago

  DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion

  Part of: DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for about $17 billion

• 11 hr ago

  Last snapshot of the US economy before midterms shows stronger growth but higher inflation

  Part of: U.S. economy grew 3.4% in third quarter, government data shows

• 13 hr ago

  European Central Bank President Lagarde resigns early

  Part of: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde to step down in February 2027

• 13 hr ago

  Girl, 8, injured in wolf attack at German zoo

  Part of: Girl, 8, injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park

• 13 hr ago

  Russia strikes Dnipro train station in central Ukraine, killing 14

  Part of: Russian drone strike kills at least 13 at train station in Ukraine's Dnipro

• 13 hr ago

  Judge sharply questions lawyers over request to remove Letitia James from Cornell sex assault investigation

  Part of: Lawyers ask judge to remove Letitia James from Cornell assault investigation

• 14 hr ago

  Democrats in striking distance: New CNN polls in four states highlight party’s path to Senate majority

  Part of: New CNN poll shows tight Senate races in Michigan, Texas, Maine and Kansas

• 15 hr ago

  Trump lashes out when pressed on canceled Kansas rally

  Part of: Trump cancels planned Kansas rally with Sen. Roger Marshall ahead of midterms

• 17 hr ago

  Russia and US discussing sanctions relief for Moscow’s sovereign wealth fund, Kremlin aide says

  Part of: Kremlin aide says US and Russia discuss lifting sanctions on Russian investment fund