We’re months away from Super Bowl LX and its Bad Bunny halftime performance but the legacy media are already in top sycophantic form, doing everything in their power to shove this awful pick down the throats of their viewing public. CBS Mornings Plus delivered on all counts. 

Watch as Plus anchor Adriana Diaz sets up Lilia Luciano’s video package by obscuring objections to the performer choice:

CBS MORNINGS PLUS

9/30/25

9:15 AM

ADRIANA DIAZ: We told you yesterday that Bad Bunny will be the halftime headliner in February. Many people are excited, but some people are not happy about it. We are talking about the Super Bowl, and that is because the people that are not happy there, they're upset because Bad Bunny has criticized President Trump in the past. Luckily, we have our own Bad Bunny correspondent. Her name is Lilia Luciano.

LILIA LUCIANO: On the Bunny beat. On the Benito beat. I just saw that image and it- you know, it really got me excited to see him wearing a pava. That Puerto Rican straw hat, which is a nod to Puerto Rican farmers. There's- there's a lot that we can talk about. But, you know, he is one of the most streamed artists in the planet, and he has done so in español, in Spanish. That's what he's bringing to the Super Bowl as the NFL is pushing to become a global brand and build a following beyond their U.S. fan base.

Of course, objections to Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl are NOT limited to his criticisms of President Donald Trump. There are objections based on lyrical content. There are those who object due to the fact that Bad Bunny’s bleatings are exclusively in Spanish, undergirded by Anti-American sentiment. As he told Spain’s El País:

We have to break that thing about the gringos being gods… No, papi.

Additionally, there are objections based on Bad Bunny’s anti-ICE hypocrisy. These objections are decidedly NOT limited to criticisms of Trump, as outlined by Diaz. This whole obscuring of opposition is an example of anti-news: wherein the people are given just enough information in a manner that leaves them feeling they’re fully informed on the matter when the exact opposite is true. Many such cases within the legacy media.

Lilia Luciano’s item is more of the same pro-Bunny puffery we’ve seen over the past 48 hours. With the help of a Rolling Stone writer, Luciano waxed poetic about Bad Bunny, furthered the ICE Raids Hoax, and recalled recent political Super Bowl performances. 

The segment ended with Luciano, Diaz and Tony Dokoupil bantering about Bad Bunny’s sexiness, who he might bring in for a cameo, and what the show will do for football in general. Three minutes of publicist puff. Buckle up, kids, this will only get worse between now and the Super Bowl. 

Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as broadcast on CBS Mornings Plus on Tuesday, September 30th, 2025:

ADRIANA DIAZ: We told you yesterday that Bad Bunny will be the halftime headliner in February. Many people are excited, but some people are not happy about it. We are talking about the Super Bowl, and that is because the people that are not happy there, they're upset because Bad Bunny has criticized President Trump in the past. Luckily, we have our own Bad Bunny correspondent. Her name is Lilia Luciano.

LILIA LUCIANO: On the Bunny beat. On the Benito beat. I just saw that image and it- you know, it really got me excited to see him wearing a pava. That Puerto Rican straw hat, which is a nod to Puerto Rican farmers. There's- there's a lot that we can talk about. But, you know, he is one of the most streamed artists in the planet, and he has done so in espanol, in Spanish. That's what he's bringing to the Super Bowl as the NFL is pushing to become a global brand and build a following beyond their U.S. fan base. 

Latin music's biggest star will soon take America's most watched stage. 

BAD BUNNY: I think everyone already know how- what I'm capable to do. But- but I'm still want to surprise.

LUCIANO: Fresh off his historic Puerto Rico residency, which became a global phenomenon, bringing more than 600,000 tourists to the island. The announcement comes as the NFL is working to expand its global reach. The show has a history of highlighting U.S. politics. Jennifer Lopez's 2020 performance featured children inside cages as a statement on the family separation policy at the border. During the 2022 set, Eminem took a knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement. And last year, Kendrick Lamar's performance spoke to mass incarceration. Tomás Mier writes about Latin music at Rolling Stone.

TOMAS MIER: A Latino, Spanish speaking artist is playing on the biggest stage in the United States without singing a lick of English. That is political.

LUCIANO: Bad Bunny has previously voiced opposition to President Trump's policies and says he skipped tour stops in the continental U.S. because of concerns that they'd be a magnet for ICE raids. If Bad Bunny, just by being there, is sending a message. What do you think that message is?

MIER: Los latinos tenemos poder. That Latinos have power. We are a big part of this country and we are as American as anybody else.

BAD BUNNY: Allá arriba, allá arriba como dice.

LUCIANO: Bad Bunny says he doesn't have February's show planned yet, but…

BAD BUNNY: Everywhere I go, I always represent.

LUCIANO: He always does. His very existence. I am laughing because I'm not going to say who I just heard say, “why is he so sexy?”

REYES: Tony? I can't believe she said that you said that.

TONY DOKOUPIL: It was you, but I answered in the affirmative. Like, I'll tell you why.

LUCIANO: You know, there's- there's a lot of people voting about who he should bring on stage with him. You know, I have my bets. Maybe the OGs of reggaeton music, but, you know, maybe a collab with Cardi B who he sang with in the past, I don't know, I'm throwing in my bets.

DOKOUPIL: This is the NFL saying they want a whole new continent of people when they say football, they mean American football, not soccer, right?

LUCIANO: That's right. They're owning the term football by throwing Bad Bunny there in the mix.

REYES: So true. Lilia, thank you.

DOKOUPIL: Our Bad Bunny correspondent.