👤 Eleanor Watson

11 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
11
2026-08-21 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
39
429 extracted in total
Hedged claims
17%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,270
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
73%
Crime & Law
9%
Economy/Business
9%
World
9%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.CBS NewsIranPentagonIranianArmyNavyWashington

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
5 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.
2026-11-03 · CBS News · Politics
U.S. strikes Iranian targets
18 outlets covered this event · centre
2026-09-29 · CBS News · Politics
Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-30 · CBS News · Politics
Disclosure of fired general's polygraph may have violated privacy laws
14 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
2026-10-28 · CBS News · Politics
Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military says
8 outlets covered this event

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
2026-10-28 · CBS News
Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military says
🔮 the war could cost $2 billion to $3 billion per month for as long as it continues, in part due to the need to replace interceptor missiles to defend against Iranian attacks. mixed
2026-10-30 · CBS News
Number of women in top national security roles falls under Trump
🔮 Commissioned by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the committee's top Democrat, the report describes a systematic reversal of policies Mr. Trump once supported, warning that the changes may be weakening American influence abroad and putting women's lives at risk. "Supporting women and girls is not separate from advancing American interests — it is how we prevent conflict, strengthen our partners and compete," Shaheen said in a statement to CBS News. mixed
2026-10-30 · CBS News
Disclosure of fired general's polygraph may have violated privacy laws
🔮 Some attorneys say the disclosure could run afoul of the Privacy Act of 1974, which generally prohibits federal agencies from releasing personal information maintained in certain government records without the individual's consent or other legal authorization. assertive
2026-11-03 · CBS News
U.S. strikes Iranian targets
🔮 This is a breaking story; it will be updated. assertive
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