""President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS's editorial decisions, destroying CBS's 'journalistic integrity' while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation.""
""Most egregiously, CBS removed substantive questions about corruption after President Trump objected. When interviewer Norah O'Donnell asked about the appearance of corruption behind President Trump's pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao - who had pleaded guilty to money laundering and whose company struck a $2 billion deal with the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture - President Trump got defensive: 'I can't say, because - I can't say - I'm not concerned. I don't - I'd rather not have you ask the question. But I let you ask it,' he said. CBS omitted that entire exchange about potential conflicts of interest from both video versions, depriving the public of critical information about President Trump's obvious pay-to-play pardon scheme and his obvious discomfort.""
Rep. Jamie Raskin filed a complaint with CBS News' ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein over edits to a recent Norah O'Donnell interview with President Donald Trump. Raskin questioned whether Trump exerted influence over the network after the administration approved the Skydance-Paramount merger. The televised segment ran about 28 minutes, while a longer 73-minute version and a transcript were posted online. Raskin alleges CBS removed substantive questions about corruption after Trump objected, including an exchange about a pardon for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and a $2 billion deal linked to the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, arguing the omissions deprived the public of critical information.
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