{"id":2786,"date":"2026-07-03T17:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:44:44","slug":"maga-curious-cbs-makes-reporter-fluff-trumps-flop-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"MAGA-Curious CBS Makes Reporter Fluff Trump\u2019s Flop Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>CBS Mornings sent a reporter to prop up President Donald Trump\u2019s ailing state fair with a Ferris wheel ride in 100-degree heat. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2784\">Beauty Queen Alleges \u2018Madam\u2019 Ivana Trump Enabled Epstein Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ed O\u2019Keefe, who has been at CBS since 2018 after over a decade at The Washington Post, is the network\u2019s senior White House and political correspondent, but on Friday morning he was doing loops on the otherwise seemingly deserted Ferris wheel on the National Mall. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As CBS Mornings cut to the Mall, no one was visible milling about or waiting to ride the wheel, but O\u2019Keefe was locked in, a small white handheld fan in one hand. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the extreme heat warning for D.C. didn\u2019t kick in until 9 am, the temperature in the city was above 90 degrees, and the real feel was over 100. <\/p>\n<p>In one shot, O\u2019Keefe appeared to forget the name of the host behind the desk, saying he\u2019d done a lot of revolutions on the wheel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing so many spins on this thing, we\u2019re getting dizzy,\u201d he apologized after calling Kelly O\u2019Grady \u201cTaylor,\u201d his guest\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>The stunt, executed on a day with an extreme heat warning and even morning temperatures in the high 90s, was designed to promote the poorly attended, majorly maligned, Great American State Fair. <\/p>\n<p>As the camera panned to highlight the view from the wheel, the lack of any attendees on the Mall below was glaring. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2782\">Trump Admits He May Become Fattest President Ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But there was no mention of that from O\u2019Keefe, whose boss, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, has been supportive of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s MAGA friend and donor David Ellison took control of CBS as part of the Paramount Skydance merger, and appointed Weiss to steer CBS News in a more Trump-friendly direction, following clashes with the administration under previous leadership. <\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Weiss has gutted CBS News flagship <i>60 Minutes<\/i>, firing veteran reporters and the executive producer, and installing Nick Bilton, an executive with no television or management experience, to run the program. <\/p>\n<p><i>60 Minutes <\/i>was sued by Trump, and a multi-million-dollar settlement in Trump\u2019s favor was approved just before Ellison took over the network. <\/p>\n<p>On the National Mall, almost completely alone on the Ferris wheel, O\u2019Keefe provided a fan for his co-rider, Taylor Talley, a representative of Talley Amusements, the family-owned business that operated the Ferris wheel. <\/p>\n<p>Talley described the wheel as the centerpiece of the state fair, and pleaded directly with the president to let them keep it up, \u201cat least til the end of the year, or maybe two years.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The wheel is scheduled to come down after the fair closes on July 10. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As of 1 pm, the temperature was 100, with a real feel of 118. The heat wave is set to continue through July 4. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2780\">Melania Faces Humiliation as Key Deadline Approaches<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS Mornings sent a reporter to prop up President Donald Trump\u2019s ailing state fair with a Ferris wheel ride in 100-degree heat. 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