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CBS News, which has a history of deceptively editing interviews of high-profile newsmakers, is being blasted by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for editing out her descriptive comments about MS-13 gang member, wife beater and child predator, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Noem appeared Sunday on the network's "Face the Nation," as she discussed President Donald Trump's efforts to make America safer by deporting criminals aliens including Garcia.
"I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia," Noem said on X.
"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. Watch for the part of my interview that @CBS tried to cover up."
In the clip that was broadcast on the air, Noem said, "[And] the one thing that we will continue to do is make sure that [Garcia] does not walk free in the United States of America."
But the unaired portion was much more graphic of Garcia's heinous crimes, as Noem said: "This individual was a known human smuggler, MS-13 gang member, an individual who was a wife beater and someone who was so perverted that he solicited nude photos from minors 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. 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."
This is not the first time CBS has been under fire for deceptive edits, as the network was sued by Trump for its "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House race.
Trump said: "The Election Interfering 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent."
Trump said CBS and its parent company Paramount have finally paid a $16 million settlement, with another $20 million on the way.
Meanwhile, Bill Belichick, the legendary NFL football coach who now at age 73 leads the North Carolina Tar Heels, also slammed the network over a "CBS Sunday Morning" interview in April in which his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson shut down a question about how the two met.
Belichick accused CBS of selective editing "to suggest a false narrative – that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation – which is simply not true."
CBS News hit back against Belichick's claims, saying there were "no preconditions or limitations to this conversation."
