CBS News staff are reportedly increasingly upset about the drama unfolding in a “60 Minute” interview with Kamala Harris at the heart of a major legal controversy.
Pack News reported on “mixed sentiment” from staff on Wednesday, following comments made by “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens.
“teeth edit Are you okay? ” asked a CBS News Insider rhetorically. “It's clearly an unforced error.” Pack News wrote. “Several sources said the inconsistency was preventable and claimed it was “60 minutes” with Owens.” More meticulous attention should have been given to ensure consistency between the two interview clips, especially given the high stakes of the presidential election and Harris' performance in interviews. ”
Many of the networks are pointing to Owens, who “left it vulnerable to this situation in the first place,” Pack News told readers.
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The raw transcript shows that CBS aired two different parts of the same response. (Screenshot/CBS News)
According to the report, staff at Monday's meeting had mutilated to issue an official statement “or resignation.” Cooper reportedly warned his rebellious staff that there were few alternatives to the current media landscape that could produce such work.
There is also growing concern over the prospects of CBS News to resolve President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit. Control of Shari Redstone, a shareholder of parent company Paramount, is advantageous.
“everyone The network is opposed to the settlement all the way to Wendy McMahon, CEO of CBS News, and sees it as a terrible invasion of press freedom,” Pack News wrote.
CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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CBS News Insider reportedly refers to “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who greenlighted “forced error” in an interview with Harris. (SportsFile for collisions via Piarasómídheach/Sportsfile Getty Images)
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission said it had an unedited transcript handed over by CBS News as part of its agency investigation into whether the network violated the FCC's “news distortion” policy after the complaint was filed. The video has been announced.
Raw transcript CBS News said that “hearing” the Biden administration in a preview clip aired on “Face the Nation,” but her response to Bill Whitaker's question, which was aired “60 minutes” It showed that only the first half was aired. Only the second half of her response during the Prime Time Special.
“But it appears that Prime Minister Netanyahu hasn't heard,” Whitaker said in exchange. “The Wall Street Journal said your administration has been repeatedly blinded by Netanyahu, and in fact, he has rejected almost all of your administration's pleading.”
“Well, Bill, the work we did has brought a lot of movement in the area by Israel. Israel has been very urged, including defending what needs to happen in this area. Or it has resulted in many things. We are not going to stop it.
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Kerr said that CBS News' actions “explained” following the release of a live transcript and footage of a network's “60 minutes” interview with then-President Kamala Harris. It's difficult.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
CBS News also released transcripts and footage, defending how Harris' interview was presented.
“As the complete transcript shows, we edited the interviews to make sure that many of the 60-minute Vice President's responses contained many questions in the original broadcast and then added them to the answers. It expresses it fairly. CBS News writes on its website.
In a preview clip aired on “Face the Nation,” Whitaker asked Harris about Netanyahu not “listening” to the US
“Well, Bill, the work we did brought about a lot of movement in the area by Israel. “Harris responded with a 'Face the Nation' clip.
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Harris was laughed at by conservatives for offering Whitaker a long “word salad.” But when that same question aired the following night on the Primetime Election Special, Shorter, more focused answers It continued from the Vice President.
“We are not going to stop pursuing what is needed to make the United States clear about where the war is needed to end,” Harris said.
President Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News, alleging election interference in the airing of two responses that aired from a “60-minute” interview with Harris. (Left: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images), Center: Screenshot/60 minutes, Right: (Photo: Andy Manis/Getty Images))
Critics accused him of compiling CBS News Harris's “word salad” answer To protect the Vice President from further backlash, the network called for the release of the full transcript after only sharing the transcript of what was aired. CBS News refused to release a live transcript at the time.
In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News, a network that supports democratic rivals through deceiving editors that claimed election interference in processing “60 minutes” interviews, and deceived days before the election I criticized him.
“For papers surrounding the weakness of Kamala's 'word salad', CBS uses domestic platforms for 60 minutes to exercise judgments from the exercise of news to the deceitful, deceptive manipulation “We've surpassed that,” the lawsuit states.
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Trump's lawyers argued that “the 2024 presidential election, led by President Trump, is approaching conclusions, and that the edit was made to “try to “lead the scale in favor of Democrats.”
