House Speaker Mike Johnson has publicly condemned CBS News for editing out significant portions of his recent interview on “Face the Nation,” accusing the network of downplaying or entirely removing key points he made about FEMA’s hurricane response, border security, and election integrity. Johnson expressed his frustration by declaring that he would only agree to live interviews with the network from now on, given the selective editing.
In a series of posts on X, Johnson shared side-by-side video comparisons between what was broadcast by CBS and the full version recorded from his office. One notable edit involved Johnson’s firsthand account of his visit to North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.
During his visit, victims of the hurricane expressed that nearly two weeks after the storm, the Biden-Harris administration had still not provided the essential resources they desperately needed. Johnson criticized CBS for cutting out five critical minutes from the interview, particularly the parts where he highlighted the administration’s delayed response.
CBS edited Speaker Johnson’s response, omitting details about the Biden administration’s lack of action in hurricane-affected areas.pic.twitter.com/xjriBjPZQS
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Johnson wrote, “CBS deliberately omitted my entire firsthand perspective on