David Rhodes moved from Fox News to become head of news at CBS.
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The Daily Beast PodcastSep 8, 2026
The sources confirm that David Rhodes left Fox News and later became president of CBS News, which is head of news there. However, they contradict the implied direct move: he left Fox for Bloomberg in 2008 and moved from Bloomberg to CBS in 2011.
A detail. The sources confirm the gist; the verdict faults a detail such as a date, number or wording.
What we found
Contradicts. The Rice University primary source says Rhodes left Fox for Bloomberg in 2008 and then moved from leading Bloomberg's U.S. television to CBS News, so there was no direct Fox-to-CBS move.[2][3][4]
Supports. David Rhodes became president of CBS News in February 2011, a role covering the division's news operations, which matches 'head of news at CBS'.[2][4][6][7]
Supports. Rhodes began at Fox News in 1996 and rose to vice president of news there before leaving the network.[2][5][6][8]
Context. Snopes and the Adweek and Wikipedia profiles also describe the Bloomberg stint between Fox and CBS.[1][6][7]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 5 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1You Had a Hunch the News System Was Rigged?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Rice alum David Rhodes takes charge at an American institution ...news2.rice.edu · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3David Rhodes | Innovative TV Conference 2023in-tv.net · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4CBS ANNOUNCES A NEW AGREEMENT WITH DAVID ...paramountpressexpress.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5A Onetime Leader of Fox News Returns to the Murdoch Foldnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6David Rhodes (media executive) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7David Rhodes Joins Comcast to Lead International Business Development for Skyadweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 8David Rhodes | LinkedInlinkedin.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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