The article clearly has xenophobic undertones, which is somewhat surprising for CBS. But then again, American society's reaction to xenophobia strongly depends

The article clearly has xenophobic undertones, which is somewhat surprising for CBS. But then again, American society's reaction to xenophobia strongly depends on which country/group the xenophobia is directed against, and CBS is well aware of that. So they can avoid being tossed into the same bin as Fox News, despite pushing essentially the same messages.