White House Threatens CBS Over Unedited Trump Interview
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Karoline Leavitt warned CBS News to air Donald Trump’s interview unedited or face legal action, a threat captured in audio after CBS’s Tony Dokoupil interview; CBS aired the full unedited segment later that day. The piece sits amid broader tensions over CBS’s editing practices and independence under Bari Weiss, including Paramount Skydance’s $16 million settlement with Trump over editing of a Harris interview for 60 Minutes.
- White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview The Guardian
- ‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo The New York Times
- Read the full transcript of Tony Dokoupil's interview with President Trump here CBS News
- Leavitt told CBS News that Trump would sue if his interview was cut short on air: Reports The Hill
- White House told CBS to run Trump interview unedited or get sued The Washington Post
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