The Trump-charming boss of CBS is now desperately backtracking after spending months sucking up to the president. Brendan McDermid/ReutersTwo days before the White House Correspondents’ Association’s dinner this spring, Ellison hosted a dinner for Trump at the Institute for Peace. Ellison invited CBS News correspondents and executives, including Weiss, whose tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous, marked by rounds of firings, cratering ratings, and head-scratching hires. Great news organizations like CNN and CBS News are here to tell it straight down the middle,” Ellison added. During a speech at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in late July during the second WHCA dinner, Trump bragged that Ellison promised to rename the annual press event the “Trump White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”