CBS News broke its silence Sunday, saying its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris was deceptively edited in hopes of portraying the vice president as more consistent than the original footage suggests. He cited the concerns of President Donald Trump and other critics that the
Rather than admit that the difference between the preview of the interview and the final match, which was ultimately broadcast on October 7th, was a strategic change in Harris' favor, CBS News said it was a given. He suggested that Trump was wrong.
“Former President Donald Trump accuses 60 Minutes of deceptively editing his Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That's false,” the network reported.
said In a statement released just a week after Gallup revealed Americans continue to record record low trust in the media.
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previously suggested:
I had never seen it before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced Kamala's answers to virtually incoherent questions over and over again (“cut and paste”). ), some of which were repeated four times in one broadcast. A single sentence or thought was written in a possibly illegal attempt as part of a licensed “news department” to make her look “more presidential” or at least better. It could also be a serious campaign finance violation. This is a stain on 60 Minutes' reputation from which it will never recover. That's what this once storied brand will always have.
CBS News, which has not yet released the uncorrected record, added in a statement Sunday that “'60 Minutes' provided excerpts of our interview to Face the Nation, in which her Some of the answers were used longer than the ones on 60 Minutes. It's the same question. It's the same.” But there are different parts of the response. ”
“When editing interviews, whether they are with politicians, athletes or movie stars, we strive to be clear, accurate and to the point,” the statement continued. “Her part of the answer on 60 Minutes was more concise, allowing time for other subjects within the broader 21-minute segment.”
“The extent of their deceptive redactions must be significant for them to refuse to release the actual records.”
CBS News seems to have dared to go against that suggestion.
Beyond Harris' actual response He asked for a usable answer that would make the vice president think it was “clear, accurate, and to the point.”
Blaze News previously reported that CBS News' Bill Whitaker, in a preview of the interview, asked the vice president whether the US lacks influence over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and strategic decisions in the Middle East. Reportedly asked.
In response to Harris' maze of responses, Whitaker said: “Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't seem to be listening.”
Harris then said, “Well, Bill, the work that we've done has led to a lot of movements by Israel in the region. “It was very much prompted by or the result of a number of things, including.” . ”
The vice president's response was widely derided as just another word salad when previewed on CBS's “Face the Nation,” and its absence was hard to miss when the final version was released the next day.
This runoff is as if Harris responded, “We're not going to stop pursuing what's necessary to make clear where the United States stands on the need to end this war.” appear.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said:
said In response to CBS News' Sunday statement, “60 Minutes just admitted that it did the exact same thing that President Trump has accused of doing. They made Kamala Harris sound more incoherent than she actually is. Edited another reaction from another part of the answer. ”
“What they said was not a denial, but an admission that they did what they were accused of,” Levitt said.
“Open the record!” Leavitt added.
Many other critics have called for the records to be released and speculated about the nature of Harris' response.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson himself has been subject to deceptive editing on CBS News.
I wrote“@60Minutes confirmed what we all know: They edited the video. Please release the full transcript and video now.”
“60 Minutes continues to hide the unedited transcript of their interview with Kamala Harris. Here they are also lying about the controversy surrounding that recording. They refuse to release the actual recording. The extent of their deceptive editing must be significant.”
tweeted Molly Hemingway, Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist.
Curtis Hock, Editor-in-Chief of News Busters, said:
asked“What is everyone hiding?”
“When broadcasters manipulate interviews and distort reality, they undermine democracy itself.”
American Rights Center
submitted be formal complaint “When a CBS production reaches the point where it alters an interviewee's answers to such an extent that it changes them into fundamentally different answers, it crosses a line,” he told the Federal Communications Commission over the editing of Harris' interview. It may not happen,” he said.
“This is a question of public trust in the media on critical issues of national security and international relations during one of the most consequential elections in modern times,” American Rights Center President Daniel Soule said in a statement. said. It distorts reality and undermines democracy itself, and the FCC must act quickly to restore public trust in the news media. ”
CBS News' treatment of Harris led former guests to conclude that the station was politically motivated.
“From personal experience, we can testify that @60Minutes has no integrity in its journalism.” I wrote Tina Deskovic, co-founder of Moms for Liberty. “They came to our interviews with a predetermined narrative, and when we pointed out the truth, they used tactics and editing to tell the story they were determined to tell. .”
Deskovich and fellow Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice told “60 Minutes'' host Scott Pelley in October 2023 to strengthen parental rights and improve grooming in the classroom. He talked about the organizations that fight against this and their efforts.
Conspicuously absent from the runoff released in March was footage of Mr. Deskovich and Mr. Justice explaining the graphic sexual content contained in books that Democrats want in public school libraries – CBS News It was a video that undermined the story that he liked.
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