CBS News Is The Trump Administration's New Laundromat

CBS NEWS head overrode network concerns about reporting on ICE  shooter injury claims

A report from anonymous sources claiming ICE agent Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding after fatally shooting 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good more than a week ago faced skepticism from CBS News staff but received approval from editor in chief Bari Weiss, a report states.According to the Guardian, two senior network officials questioned the reporting's credibility due to missing crucial details. Their concerns were dismissed during the approva…

CBS News staffers revolt over network 'carrying water' for Trump admin

A recent CBS News story about injuries suffered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross before he fatally shot U.S. citizen Renee Good has caused an internal uproar among employees.That's according to a Thursday article in the Guardian, which reported that a Wednesday report from the network — in which two unnamed U.S. officials claimed Ross suffered "internal bleeding" following his killing of Good — has prompted "…

CBS News Is The Trump Administration's New Laundromat

Back in December, CBS News chief Bari Weiss intervened to spike a deeply reported and extensively documented 60 Minutes story about conditions faced by captives sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador's CECOT concentration camp. Her rationale, as proffered in memos to CBS staff, was that without on-record comment from a member of the administration—which had declined several requests for exactly that—the story lacked necessary balance; w…