Trump criticizes media treatment as CBS reports Zacharia's exit

CBS Pittsburgh's Short pairs news of the press secretary's departure with a turn toward Georgia's Senate campaign.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,449 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (2,390).

Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary

CBS Pittsburgh carries Natalie Brand's report on an unusually brief White House tenure: Katie Zacharia is leaving the press secretary's job after five days, two U.S. officials told CBS News.

The report shows Donald Trump criticizing the coverage she received. "The news has been so nasty to her. I've never seen anything like it, actually," he tells journalists outside the White House.

Brand also recounts scrutiny of Zacharia's legal qualifications, including reports that she had not passed the bar exam. In archival Fox & Friends footage, Zacharia draws a distinction between the position she was hired for and a legal job: "Those questions weren't asked. I'm being hired as White House press secretary and not White House counsel."

The Short then shifts from the briefing room to the campaign trail, covering Trump's Georgia appearance for Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins and Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff's appeal for early voting.

The national report drew roughly 23,000 views in seven hours on CBS Pittsburgh, well beyond the roughly 2,400 its Shorts usually receive over a full first day.

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The numbers

The White House report has already passed CBS Pittsburgh's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,390

this video

53,449

subscribers

209,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

241,426,412

views per day

414,623

typical day: 315,513

the video

views

22,835

likes

119

comments

48

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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227,000

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210,000

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209,000

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193,000

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180,000

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178,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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