House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in an interview on CBS' “Face the Nation” that key parts of his response to host Margaret Brennan were omitted and over-edited. I posted a video showing this on X.
“CBS has been accused of selectively editing interviews to promote Democrats and undermine Republicans. Yesterday, CBS decided to cut a critical five minutes of my nearly 15-minute interview. I did,” Johnson said. said.
Johnson cited three examples in which CBS omitted important parts of its response. The first concerns his time in North Carolina, where he said the federal government's response to Hurricane Helen remains woefully inadequate, more than two weeks after the hurricane passed through the region. It was about what I heard from local residents.
“But CBS selectively edited all of this first-hand perspective.” Mr. Johnson explained:.
CBS also cut out a significant portion of Johnson's response as he explained the importance of putting mechanisms in place to prevent non-citizens from voting in federal elections.
CBS ended its relationship with Johnson after he admitted that voting by non-citizens was illegal. In a video posted to X, Johnson goes on to explain his answer in full.
Harris' answer, later posted to X by “60 Minutes,” was not the same on air.
“We passed the SAVE Act in the House, which requires proof of citizenship before you can register to vote, but Chuck Schumer and the Democrats blocked it in the Senate.” Mr Johnson saidexplained further.
“We have to make sure the law is followed. That's what matters.”
Johnson's video was released shortly after CBS' “60 Minutes'' program appeared to edit Vice President Kamala Harris' answers to questions during a recent interview to make her look better.
Mr. Harris teaser clip original answer A question about the relationship between the United States and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was widely ridiculed on social media as incoherent. Harris' answer in the version posted by “60 Minutes'' to X was not the same as the one on air.
Despite the backlash, CBS has not released the full transcript of the interview.
Harris' campaign distanced itself from the controversy, saying, “We do not control CBS' production decisions and defer questions to CBS.”
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