Student journalist Santiago Campos used part of his acceptance speech after winning the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship at the News Emmys to call out the direction CBS News has recently headed, saying that it “stains the legacy of Mike Wallace”—and people are applauding.
By Peter Karleby
A student journalist is getting thunderous applause after bravely lambasting CBS’s capitulation to the Trump regime during his acceptance speech at the News Emmys.
Santiago Campos, a senior at District of Columbia International School in DC, was awarded the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship, created in honor of the legendary CBS journalist of the same name.
Campos, after being presented his award by CBS’s Scott Pelley, thanked the network for its gift but then quickly pivoted to calling out the appalling direction the network has taken since Trump re-took office last year.
Nearly every American media network has bent the knee to Trump to some degree, but none more than CBS, which has turned into something akin to state media since being taken over by right-wing propagandist and Trump acolyte Bari Weiss.
Campos, standing before a room full of the most powerful people in news, plainly called this what it is: a “stain” on Wallace’s legacy and journalism itself.
Campos called out in particular the network’s slant in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying:
“While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to also acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship…”
“…So, if at any time you hesitate to utter the word genocide or remain silent in the face of blatant lies. Remember to ask yourself, Who is this for?”
There’s little doubt of Weiss’s answer to that question—it’s “for” Donald Trump. But most of those who remain at the network since Weiss’s takeover once had reputations as some of the most august journalists in the country.
There are blaring signs that that is changing: CBS’s ratings have plummeted since Weiss’s takeover, which has seen both the network’s morning news show CBS Mornings and CBS Nightly News take decidedly more Trump-friendly stances. (snip-a bit MORE)
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