Overview
- The Taipei broadcast on Wednesday cut out when a cameraman suffered a medical emergency, and CBS said he is okay and recovering.
- Anchor Tony Dokoupil hosted from Taiwan after he failed to obtain a China press visa in time, with CBS noting the placement would highlight Taiwan’s central role in the Trump–Xi talks.
- Rival anchors David Muir at ABC and Tom Llamas at NBC reported from Beijing, while CBS correspondents Weijia Jiang and Anna Coren traveled with the president and filed from the Chinese capital.
- Semafor first reported the visa holdup and said two people briefed on the issue could not say whether a late application or another factor caused the delay, and the Chinese Embassy did not comment.
- The on-air disruption and the visa change come as CBS Evening News faces sliding ratings and leadership scrutiny under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, with recent Nielsen figures around 3.7–3.9 million viewers versus roughly 6–8 million for NBC and ABC.