
Article in FAIR by Saurav Sarkar, 9/9/25
Headline: “CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television”
“After Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (X, 8/31/25) complained that several minutes of her August 31 Face the Nation interview had been ‘shamefully edited…to whitewash the truth,‘ CBS News announced that its flagship Sunday morning program will no longer edit its interviews, except for ‘legal or national security’ reasons (AP, 9/5/25). . .”
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https://fair.org/home/cbs-drifts-further-toward-right-wing-state-television/
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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 9/9/25
Headline: “CBS’ Conservative Cop”
Subhead: “David Ellison’s new CBS News ombudsman tried to erase parts of his digital trail – but a Status review of what remains reveals him to be a Trump-supporting advocate”
“Donald Trump ‘is the ultimate outsider.’ He’s a “bold businessman who asks uncomfortable questions that typical policymakers are too squeamish to ask. People may dislike Trump’s methods, but they should appreciate his clarity about power dynamics.’ . . .”
“Those words aren’t from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s nightly sycophantic monologue. They come from Kenneth Weinstein, who lavished Trump with praise in a column published this summer. On Monday, David Ellison’s Paramount named Weinstein the new ombudsman of CBS News. . .”
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https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-ombudsman-kenneth-weinstein
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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 9/9/25
Headline: Opinion | Paramount named an ombudsman to oversee CBS News. Who is he?
Subhead: “The new ombudsman, Kenneth Weinstein, steps into a role created to safeguard fairness, though political questions linger”
“. . . On the surface, an ombudsman should be a welcome addition to any network newsroom, which should be practicing fair and honest journalism free of bias.
“But this particular announcement came off as a bit suspicious. It has been seen as a way to placate President Donald Trump, whose FCC had to sign off on the sale. . .”
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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/cbs-ombudsman-kenneth-weinstein-who/