CBS News Faces Backlash Over Hastert’s Sexual Abuse of Boys
CBS replaced the post after critics said it reduced Hastert’s crimes to banking violations and omitted his admitted abuse of boys.
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CBS News forced into embarrassing takedown over disgraced GOP speaker's obituary
CBS News was forced to delete and replace a social media post about former House Speaker Dennis Hastert after it glossed over his sexual abuse of high school students.Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in history, died of natural causes at his Illinois home Monday, and The Daily Beast reported that the MAGA-friendly news network responded to intense criticism of its obituary, noting that he had been "jailed for violating banking law…
Critics Rip CBS News Over Deleted Tweet About Dennis Hastert’s Death
Christian K. Lee/AP photo CBS News got raked over the coals Monday for a tweet about the death of former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL), for framing his biography in a way critics said downplayed the most infamous part of his bio — his guilty plea on banking charges that included an admission that he had molested underage boys while working as a high school wrestling coach. Hastert, 84, died of natural causes over the weekend at his …
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