MUST-SEE: CBS Host Praised For Refusing Higher-Up’s Order To Ignore Pro-Trump Demonstration
Published 16 hours ago
on March 2, 2026
By Trinity Hallinan
A CBS Austin reporter is drawing praise from conservatives after appearing to ignore direction from higher-ups and continue covering a pro-Trump, pro-Israel demonstration outside the Texas Capitol following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
The moment unfolded during a Facebook livestream Saturday as reporter Vinny Martorano stood in front of a crowd of Iranian Americans and other demonstrators waving flags and chanting “thank you Trump” and “thank you Bibi,” a reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a clip that quickly went viral, Martorano could be seen reading a message from a phone handed to him by a crew member.
“What does that mean?” he asked.
“It means they don’t want us to focus on this,” the off-screen staffer replied.
Martorano did not back down.
“Well, I am,” he shot back before continuing his live report.
WATCH:
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028164619328532905The exchange was rapidly clipped and shared by conservative accounts, many of which held it up as a rare moment of honesty from inside a media environment that critics say routinely downplays public support for President Donald Trump, especially when it comes from ethnic communities cheering action against hostile foreign regimes.
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