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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to the press next to Chile's Minister of Public Security Luis Cordero after signing a letter of intent for a Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program during a meeting at the Security Ministry headquarters in Santiago on July 30, 2025.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to the press next to Chile's Minister of Public Security Luis Cordero after signing a letter of intent for a Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program during a meeting at the Security Ministry headquarters in Santiago on July 30, 2025. (Alex Brandon - Pool / AFP via Getty Images)

CBS News Changes Interview Policy Amid Backlash Over Kristi Noem Edits

 By Randy DeSoto  September 6, 2025 at 5:00am
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CBS News announced Friday that it is changing its interview policy after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the network of deceptively editing her appearance on “Face the Nation” last weekend.

“In response to audience feedback over the past week, we have implemented a new policy for greater transparency,” CBS said in a statement, according to the New York Post.

“FACE THE NATION will now only broadcast live or live-to-tape interviews (subject to national security or legal restrictions).”

“This extra measure means the television audience will see the full, unedited interview on CBS and we will continue our practice of posting full transcripts and unedited video online,” the network said.

Following her appearance on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Noem posted on social media a video of what aired on the network, and what it later posted online, when she was discussing the administration’s decision to deport Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“This morning, I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Instead, CBS shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth about this MS-13 gang member and the threat he poses to American public safety,” she wrote in her X post.

What CBS aired to its approximately 2.3 million viewers was Noem saying, “One thing that we will continue to do is to make sure he doesn’t walk free in the United States of America.”

What the network cut out for its television audience was Noem continuing, “This individual was a known human smuggler, a MS-13 gang member, an individual who was a wife-beater, and someone who was so perverted that he solicited nude photos from minors.”

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“And even his fellow human traffickers told him to knock it off, he was so sick in what he was doing and how he was treating small children,” Noem said. “So he needs to never be in the United States of America. And our administration is making sure we’re doing all that we can to bring him to justice.”

CBS responded to Noem’s charge of manipulating the interview by saying the full version was available online in both video format and a transcript.

Critics countered that what the network puts on air goes before a much larger audience than its online formats.

In 2024, President Donald Trump sued CBS and its parent company, Paramount, over the network’s decision to edit a “60 Minutes” interview of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to cut out a rambling answer that she gave about Israel, replacing it with a comment she made at another point in the exchange.

Trump’s legal team argued in his suit that it was a violation of fairness rules under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Paramount settled the case with the president in July for $16 million, which is designated to go toward his future presidential library.

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Randy DeSoto
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Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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