The Democrats and assorted lefty media has been having fits about the direction of CBS News ever since Bari Weiss was made editor-in-chief, and self-described "journalist" John Harwood is among them.
CBS News still has their occasional moments of hackery, but stories like this one on the 11-count indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center goes above and beyond the spin that's been put out there by outlets like USA Today. The Dem/lefty media narrative has been "the FBI indicted the SPLC for using paid informants" and they won't like this more factual version from CBS. Watch:
Bombshell CBS News segment on the Southern Poverty Law Center indictment where the SPLC lied to donors, paid violent extremists millions, and “manufactured racism” for its own purposes
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 23, 2026
“The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it… pic.twitter.com/KpQFzWdvzN
Hey, look at that! An objective and honest report about the allegations about the SPLC.
credit to @bariweiss and @CBSNews for being journalists.
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) April 23, 2026
Hence the Democrat outrage. All outlets are supposed to just be mouthpieces for the Left's desired narratives.
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