Ted Koppel questions Steve Bannon on Trumpism and the midterms

CBS Sunday Morning's extended interview prompted far more comments than usual, with viewers discussing both the politics and the decision to give Bannon airtime.

Channel: CBS Sunday Morning Story of October 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video drew 878 comments in its first day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (50).

Extended interview: Steve Bannon

Election denialism, nationalist politics and the organizing work of Democratic Socialists all enter Steve Bannon's extended conversation with Ted Koppel. The political strategist and podcaster discusses the prospects for the 2026 midterms, alongside the media's role in covering politics.

The interview drew an ordinary first-day audience for CBS Sunday Morning, but an unusually busy response: nearly 900 comments, about eighteen times the channel's usual first-day total for a regular video. The distinction matters here. This is a conversation people are responding to, rather than an exceptional surge in viewing.

Some viewers question the decision to give Bannon airtime; others argue that hearing his thinking helps them understand the movement he represents. One substantive response focuses instead on Koppel's interviewing approach, describing a veteran journalist challenging a sharply different worldview without diminishing the person across from him.

That question of how to conduct the conversation sits alongside one of the interview's own subjects: how the media covers political movements.

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The numbers

The interview's first-day views were typical for the channel. Its comment section was considerably busier.

comments on the video's first day

usual first day here

50

this video

878

subscribers

1,880,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,310,565,462

views per day

197,012

typical day: 603,814

the video

views

135,282

likes

1,473

comments

1,201

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Localish

2,180,000

AccuWeather

2,170,000

Right Side Broadcasting N…

2,090,000

C-SPAN

1,970,000

9 News Australia

1,890,000

CBS Sunday Morning

1,880,000

As of October 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.