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Portions of CBS News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning\u201d programming, including a featured story on white supremacists overthrowing the government in Wilmington, didn\u2019t air in the Triangle this weekend.<\/p>\n

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The featured segment of \u201cSunday Morning,\u201d the national television news show, focused on the Wilmington massacre<\/a>, where white supremacists incited violence, killing dozens of Black people and forcing hundreds to flee what was North Carolina\u2019s largest city 100 years ago in the aftermath of the 1898 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to technical difficulties within WNCN, we were unable to air the first 45 minutes of CBS \u2018Sunday Morning\u2019 with Jane Pauley,\u201d according to a story on CBS17\u2019s website. \u201cOnce the problem was fixed, we joined the show in progress. We understand there was high interest in the story about the Wilmington Coup \u2014 you can watch the story here<\/u><\/a>. We apologize for the inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some CBS viewers went on social media<\/a> specifically worried about censorship of the Wilmington massacre segment, with some pointing to when CBS17\u2019s parent company, Nexstar, temporarily pulled \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d<\/a> last year after the comedian\u2019s comments about Charlie Kirk or Nexstar\u2019s conservative leanings.<\/p>\n

Derek Rowles, news director for CBS17, pointed to the story on CBS17\u2019s website and referred other questions to general manager John Lewis, who has not responded to an email as of noon Monday.<\/p>\n

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During the insurrection, Wilmington\u2019s leadership, which included Black and white members, resigned and an African American newsroom<\/a> was burned to the ground. Those actions were all unpunished by state or federal leaders entrenching decades of Jim Crow policies that kept white people in power, The News & Observer<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the 1898 elections, The News & Observer and its publisher, Josephus Daniels, published racist articles and political cartoons to advance a white supremacist agenda. In 2006, The N&O published a 16-page special section<\/a>, titled \u201cThe Ghosts of 1898,\u201d and apologized for its role in the coup.<\/a><\/p>\n

The CBS News feature coincides with the publication of \u201cThey Stole a City,\u201d written by New Yorker journalist Lauren Collins.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published July 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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