CBS News announced on Friday that it is changing its policy on editing interviews with top government officials after the network cut out a portion of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s interview on “Face the Nation.”
Following her Aug. 31 interview, CBS News removed about 26 seconds of Noem’s remarks about alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, where she outlined his lengthy criminal past to justify her agency’s efforts to remove him from the U.S. Although CBS News initially stated that the interview was edited to fit its allotted time slot, the network confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that it decided to only broadcast “full [and] unedited” interviews going forward.
“In response to audience feedback over the past week, we have implemented