The Biden-Harris administration's Federal Communications Commission has suspended presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump's broadcast after appearing to have been caught red-handed responding to Vice President Kamala Harris' responses to editorial opposition in an interview on “60 Minutes.'' He refused a request to have his license revoked.
A preview of the interview, which aired on Monday, aired two different versions of Harris' response to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming he was “not listening” to his administration's strategic advice on the Middle East conflict. It was done.
“These threats to free speech are serious and should not be ignored.”
In one version, Harris offered a one-word salad response, saying, “The work that we've done has resulted in a number of movements by Israel in the region. “It was very much prompted by or the result of a number of things, including.” That's what happens in this area. ”
A second version shows Harris giving a different answer, which is excerpted from a different section of the interview.
Harris appears to have responded in the final version, saying, “We are not going to stop pursuing what it takes for the United States to clarify its position on the need to end this war.”
When the deceptive edits were discovered, the Trump campaign accused CBS of trying to cover up “Kamala's stupid response.”
Trump and his campaign asked the network to release the unedited transcript of the interview.
in post “I've never seen it before, but the producers of 60 Minutes repeatedly cut and pasted Kamala's answers to questions that were virtually incoherent,” Trump said on “True Social.” ”) was lying. A likely illegal attempt to make her look “more presidential,” or at least better, as part of a permit-required “press department.” It could also be a serious campaign finance violation. ”
The former president called the incident a “damage to the reputation” of the show and a threat to free speech.
“I've never heard of anything like that being done on 'the news'. That's the very definition of fake news!” he added.
“CBS should be stripped of its license, and like all other broadcast licenses, it should be bid to the highest bidder, because CBS is as corrupt as CBS, and maybe Because then it could be even worse!” he wrote on another social media post. post.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel answered In response to a phone call from President Trump this week, Trump argued that his request to revoke the network's license threatened free speech.
“We do not and will not revoke a station's license simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes the content or reporting,” the station said in a statement.
“The former president's repeated attacks on broadcasters may be familiar by now, but these threats to free speech are serious and should not be ignored,” Rosenworcel continued. “As I have said before, the First Amendment is the foundation of our democracy.”
In September, the Democratic-led FCC voted to approve Audacity's bankruptcy plan, effectively transferring control of more than 200 American radio stations to left-wing billionaire George Soros.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr previously said: glenn beck The decision could have taken six months to approve, but authorities said it bypassed the process and allowed Soros to quickly gain effective ownership of the second-largest network of radio stations.
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