cBS News Says Their Kamala Harris Interview Was Totally On The Up And Up

There’s still something missing, though

CBS News breaks its silence over editing allegations in ’60 Minutes’ interview with Harris

CBS News pushed back against former President Trump’s claim that “60 Minutes” deceitfully edited its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, dismissing the allegation as “false” in a statement released Sunday.

After weeks of staying mum despite mounting backlash over the interview, CBS published a statement Sunday evening addressing the outrage that ensued after airing two different answers to the same question in the “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month with the Democratic nominee.

“Former President Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That is false,” the statement began.

“60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to ‘Face the Nation’ that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response. When we edit any interview, whether a politician, an athlete, or movie star, we strive to be clear, accurate and on point. The portion of her answer on 60 Minutes was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a wide-ranging 21-minute-long segment.”

And, then, of course, it had to pivot to Trump, because Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, and, hey, why not, it’s all Kamala seems to be able to do. And, if you’ll remember

CBS News has taken heat in recent days for airing two different answers to the same question in its “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month with Harris. Harris was mocked by conservatives when footage of her offering a lengthy “word salad” was aired by CBS’ “Face the Nation” to promote the “60 Minutes” sit-down, when Bill Whitaker asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S.

It’s hard to reconcile the different answers with “light editing” or striving “to be clear, accurate, and on point.”

BREAKING: 60 Minutes releases a statement, admits they edited an answer from Kamala Harris’ during their interview.

The statement comes after 60 Minutes was caught editing an answer to make Harris look better.

60 Minutes admits they edited but says claims of “deceitful editing”… pic.twitter.com/ur2JOSU1B4

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 20, 2024

The thing is, cBS News makes no mention of releasing either the full transcript, the unedited full interview, or both. I wonder why?

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