CBS caves to political pressure

[Radiorum]

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, of CBS, has pulled a “60 Minutes” segment – hours before airtime - featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador characterized by its “brutal and tortuous conditions.”

The reason given for the pull was that the Trump administration had not contributed their side. But – they had refused invitations. They had refused to engage.

In the email 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi sent to her colleagues after Weiss “spiked our story” she writes:

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now – after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political decision.

We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, no a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.

If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a “kill switch” for any reporting they find inconvenient.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSjUBtSjtVe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

State censorship is alive and well in the USA. 

[User]

28 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

State censorship is alive and well in the USA. 

Explain how the state censored this. 

 

[Radiorum]

1 minute ago, User said:

Explain how the state censored this. 

if you don't realize that the Trump admin is behind this, you are a fool.

[John Stone]

def not censored - deferred

common sense and concern were the determining factors. lol

 

 

[ironstone]

28 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

State censorship is alive and well in the USA. 

From most media sources in the US, you are still going to see mostly negative coverage of the Trump administration. This trend is in no danger of slowing down. Did Obama's 3 million+  deportations get the same amount of coverage as those of Trump?

Academic / third-party research findings

• In a Pew Research Center analysis of Trump’s first 60 days in office, only about 5 % of news stories had an overall positive assessment of Trump, while the vast majority were either negative or neutral (most were negative) in tone. Pew Research Center

• A Harvard/Media Tenor study of the first 100 days found roughly 80 % of news coverage was negative for Trump, with only about 20 % positive in tone among stories that clearly leaned one way or the other. appext.hks.harvard.edu

• A separate analysis focused on evening network news (ABC, CBS, NBC) reported 92 % negative coverage of Trump in his first 100 days, implying only about 8 % positive coverage in that specific context. WBMA

[User]

8 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

if you don't realize that the Trump admin is behind this, you are a fool.

So... you can't explain this then. All you can do is call me names and make baseless assertions. 

 

[Radiorum]

9 minutes ago, ironstone said:

From most media sources in the US, you are still going to see mostly negative coverage of the Trump

Maybe it is because they are doing so many negative things

9 minutes ago, ironstone said:

Did Obama's 3 million+  deportations

Trump policy has gone way far and above deportations

 

[Radiorum]

8 minutes ago, User said:

So... you can't explain this then.

It's in the OP. Weiss is not a journalist - she is a political placement sent to kill 60 Minutes. Why do you think she killed the CECOT expose? Truth is fast disappearing in the US.

 

[ironstone]

2 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

Trump policy has gone way far and above deportations

On deportations alone, are you aware that Obama deported a lot more than Trump? I think the vast majority of people would be surprised to hear that.

[User]

11 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

It's in the OP. Weiss is not a journalist - she is a political placement sent to kill 60 Minutes. Why do you think she killed the CECOT expose? Truth is fast disappearing in the US.

 

Those are private actions. If CBS leadership wants to destroy everything, that is on them.

You claimed this was state censorship. It is not. 

[Deluge]

1 hour ago, Radiorum said:

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, of CBS, has pulled a “60 Minutes” segment – hours before airtime - featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador characterized by its “brutal and tortuous conditions.”

The reason given for the pull was that the Trump administration had not contributed their side. But – they had refused invitations. They had refused to engage.

In the email 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi sent to her colleagues after Weiss “spiked our story” she writes:

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now – after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political decision.

We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, no a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.

If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a “kill switch” for any reporting they find inconvenient.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSjUBtSjtVe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

State censorship is alive and well in the USA. 

Trump shouldn't hide any of this. I would be reporting it myself if I were in his place. 

"Break into this country and see where you end up!" 

[User]

38 minutes ago, ironstone said:

On deportations alone, are you aware that Obama deported a lot more than Trump? I think the vast majority of people would be surprised to hear that.

I get the point you are trying to make, but the vast majority of those deportations were people caught at the border, not from the interior. Folks like Obama and the left open the flood gates and then try to take credit for how much water was diverted. 

 

[Radiorum]

1 hour ago, ironstone said:

On deportations alone, are you aware that Obama deported a lot more than Trump? I think the vast majority of people would be surprised to hear that.

I know, eh? That's why it's so strange that people believe Trump when he says the borders were open.

 

[Radiorum]

1 hour ago, User said:

state censorship.

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

 

How about this, below. Is this state censorship?

The Trump administration has signaled to the Smithsonian Institution that the White House could withhold federal funding from the museum organization if it does not comply with the administration’s unprecedented, sweeping review.

In a Thursday letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, White House officials said funds are available only “for use in a manner consistent” with President Donald Trump’s executive order from March, which tasked aides with rooting out “ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives” within the organization.

[User]

5 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

It means you are full of crap like usual. 

7 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

How about this, below. Is this state censorship?

Focus. You can't even back up your claim about state censorship regarding CBS here. 

 

[User]

13 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

I know, eh? That's why it's so strange that people believe Trump when he says the borders were open.

 

Why is that strange?

Folks like you on the left support, encourage, and push the open borders lawlessness. You don't get to pretend like millions did not make it past the border just because you can tout how many you caught at the border. 

[Radiorum]

51 minutes ago, User said:

Focus. You can't even back up your claim about state censorship regarding CBS here. 

[gatomontes99]

Let's get it something straight. Obama era deportations were not deportations that required the illegal alien to be caught and removed. Most, like 80%, were so-called turnbacks. Basically, they came to the US at a border and were refused entry. Obama was the first to call refused entry deportation. 

https://www.vox.com/2014/4/11/5602272/removals-returns-and-deportations-a-very-short-history-of-immigration

 

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, Radiorum said:

if you don't realize that the Trump admin is behind this, you are a fool.

LUser has consistently exhibited a failure to understand simple facts, so is most certainly a fool.

2 hours ago, John Stone said:

def not censored - deferred

common sense and concern were the determining factors. lol

^This remains to be seen. "deferred" can be just a short term killed.

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, ironstone said:

From most media sources in the US, you are still going to see mostly negative coverage of the Trump administration. This trend is in no danger of slowing down. Did Obama's 3 million+  deportations get the same amount of coverage as those of Trump?

Academic / third-party research findings

• In a Pew Research Center analysis of Trump’s first 60 days in office, only about 5 % of news stories had an overall positive assessment of Trump, while the vast majority were either negative or neutral (most were negative) in tone. Pew Research Center

• A Harvard/Media Tenor study of the first 100 days found roughly 80 % of news coverage was negative for Trump, with only about 20 % positive in tone among stories that clearly leaned one way or the other. appext.hks.harvard.edu

• A separate analysis focused on evening network news (ABC, CBS, NBC) reported 92 % negative coverage of Trump in his first 100 days, implying only about 8 % positive coverage in that specific context. WBMA

^This is what happens when a POTUS consistently violates the Constitution and exhibits CORRUPT behavior.

Your implication his coverage is unfair does not take that behavior into account.

[User]

22 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

Run away from what? You are trying to change the subject because you are too dishonest to own up to your lies. 

Just now, robosmith said:

^This is what happens when a POTUS consistently violates the Constitution and exhibits CORRUPT behavior.

Your implication his coverage is unfair does not take that behavior into account.

Consistently? You can't even name anything specifically. Give us the top 3. 

[Deluge]

3 hours ago, Radiorum said:

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, of CBS, has pulled a “60 Minutes” segment – hours before airtime - featuring the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador characterized by its “brutal and tortuous conditions.”

The reason given for the pull was that the Trump administration had not contributed their side. But – they had refused invitations. They had refused to engage.

In the email 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi sent to her colleagues after Weiss “spiked our story” she writes:

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now – after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political decision.

We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, no a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.

If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a “kill switch” for any reporting they find inconvenient.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSjUBtSjtVe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

State censorship is alive and well in the USA. 

You're just pissed off because CBS isn't spewing left-wing propaganda 24/7. 

[User]

6 minutes ago, robosmith said:

LUser has consistently exhibited a failure to understand simple facts, so is most certainly a fool.

What facts? This is speculation, demanding I have to accept it. 

You have no facts. 

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, ironstone said:

On deportations alone, are you aware that Obama deported a lot more than Trump? I think the vast majority of people would be surprised to hear that.

The vast majority of Obama deportations were those caught at the border.

Trump's deported an UNPRECEDENTED number of long term residents that have been hunted down like "vermin."

[User]

25 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said:

Let's get it something straight. Obama era deportations were not deportations that required the illegal alien to be caught and removed. Most, like 80%, were so-called turnbacks. Basically, they came to the US at a border and were refused entry. Obama was the first to call refused entry deportation. 

https://www.vox.com/2014/4/11/5602272/removals-returns-and-deportations-a-very-short-history-of-immigration

 

Exactly. It is why what Trump is doing is driving the left nuts. He is doing 2 things:

Actually shutting the border down - reducing illegal immigration that is getting into the country

Actually, deporting from the interior at scale. 

 

1 minute ago, robosmith said:

The vast majority of Obama deportations were those caught at the border.

Trump's deported an UNPRECEDENTED number of long term residents that have been hunted down like "vermin."

Who cares what you call them, that is the point, to hunt them down as they are here ILLEGALLY