Katie Couric Calls Out CBS For Blatant 'Both Sides' Turn Under Trump

The veteran journalist took aim at her former network for caving to political pressure from President Donald Trump.

Veteran journalist Katie Couric torched her one-time network, CBS News, for caving to political pressure from President Donald Trump.

In a new interview with Variety, Couric discussed how the media landscape had evolved in the nearly 20 years since she first sat behind the desk of “CBS Evening News,” and noted that the dance to appear unbiased to audiences was a total sham.

Offering an example, she pointed to how CBS had aired a news report that described the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol from both “the Trump view” and the perspective of Democrats.

“I think for a lot of viewers, they see that as a cop out,” Couric said. “Similarly, yes, some people think the election was rigged, and yet, are newscasts supposed to say these people believe the election was rigged despite absolutely zero evidence supporting that? I think where we have entered a new era of not only facts, but context and perspective, and to repeat things that aren’t true, hoping this to appear unbiased is not the solution.”