• CBS News Staff Have to be THREATENED to Not Prop-Edit Interviews

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.censorship on Sat Jan 17 20:54:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15473889/cbs-news-anchor-tony-dokupil-donald-trump.html

    Newly-minted CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil was reportedly
    caught on tape caving to President Trump's demands after Press
    Secretary Karoline Leavitt threatened that the administration
    'will sue' if they didn't comply.

    Dokoupil, 45, took over the network's flagship nightly news
    broadcast earlier this year with a rocky start, as critics
    accused him of softening coverage on the president.

    Following an interview with Trump last week, Dokoupil was
    reportedly threatened by Leavitt to play the full 13 minute
    conversation un-edited, or the White House would 'sue your
    a** off.'

    According to a recording obtained by the New York Times,
    Leavitt issued the blunt warning after the interview concluded,
    telling Dokoupil and his producers: '(Trump) said, "Make sure
    you guys don't cut the tape, make sure the interview is
    out in full.'''

    'Yeah, we're doing it, yeah,' Dokoupil replied, according to
    the report.

    'He said, "If itrCOs not out in full, werCOll sue your a** off,"'
    Leavitt added.

    . . .

    "Creative editing" of interviews - designed to be
    propaganda, not info - has become a big thing. It's
    not only the USA either, the BBC scandal is still
    fresh in mind.

    "Creative editing" is a back-door form of CENSORSHIP,
    intended to limit thinking for political ends.

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