After being compelled by the Federal Communications Fee to show over the unedited transcript and video of their notorious interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris for 60 Minutes, the FCC launched it to the general public.
After reviewing the video (clip from the uncooked video beneath), NewsBusters can verify that what appeared on 60 Minutes was extremely edited. Not solely did they edit what appeared on 60 Minutes, additionally they edited what appeared on Face the Nation, together with chopping out a tough hitting query that referred to as out the Biden-Harris administration for wanting weak on the world stage.
Under is the transcript of the alternate in query between CBS’s Invoice Whitaker and Harris. Observe that in Harris’s reply for 60 Minutes, they pulled out a fraction of 1 sentence of a a lot, a lot bigger reply which appeared on Face the Nation (FTN):
[BOTH 60 MINUTES AND FTN] BILL WHITAKER: We provide Israel with billions of {dollars} in navy support, and but, Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to be charting his personal course. The Biden administration The Biden Harris administration has pressed him to conform to a ceasefire. He is resisted. You urged him not to enter Lebanon. He went in anyway. He has promised to make Iran pay for the missile assault, and that has the potential of increasing the struggle. Does the US don’t have any sway over Prime Minister Netanyahu?
[ONLY ON FTN] KAMALA HARRIS: Nicely, let’s begin with this, um, on this topic. The help that now we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself towards 200 ballistic missiles. That had been simply meant to assault the Israelis and the individuals of Israel. And I believe that’s the latest instance of why what we do to help of their protection round navy support is essential. And once we take into consideration the risk that Hamas, Hezbollah presents, Iran, um, I believe that it’s with none query our crucial to do what we are able to to permit Israel to defend itself towards these sorts of assaults. Now
[60 MINUTES ANSWER STARTS HERE] HARRIS: the work that we do diplomatically with the management of Israel is an ongoing pursuit round making clear our ideas
[ONLY ON FTN] HARRIS: which embrace the necessity for humanitarian support, the necessity for. This struggle to finish the necessity for a deal to be performed which might launch the hostages and and and create a ceasefire and we’re not gonna cease when it comes to placing that strain on Israel and and within the area together with with different leaders within the area together with Arab leaders.
It is also price noting that Harris’s first sentence in her reply didn’t make it into both airing of the interview.
It is a clip from the uncooked video CBS offered to the FCC, which the FCC then launched.
Whitaker’s second query was the place issues acquired much more fascinating. CBS used just one sentence from a for much longer query that used reporting from The Wall Avenue Journal to name out the Biden-Harris administration for wanting weak on the world stage:
[BOTH 60 MINUTES AND FTN] WHITAKER: However plainly Prime Minister Netanyahu just isn’t listening.
[THIS PART NOT ON 60 MINUTES NOR FTN] WHITTAKER: Um, The Wall Avenue Journal stated that your administration has repeatedly been blindsided by Netanyahu, and, in actual fact, he has rebuffed nearly all your administration’s entreaties.
[ONLY ON FTN] HARRIS: Nicely Invoice, the work that now we have performed has resulted in a lot of actions in that area by Israel that had been very a lot prompted by or a results of many issues together with our advocacy for what must occur within the area. And we’re not gonna cease doing that
[60 MINUTES ANSWER STARTS HERE] we’re not gonna cease pursuing what is important for the USA to be clear about the place we stand on the necessity for this struggle to finish.
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Observe that what aired on 60 Minutes was solely the latter a part of Harris’s reply.
In a press release following Trump’s accusations of deceitful modifying, which culminated with a $10 billion lawsuit towards the information outlet, CBS insisted the accusation was “false.”
“Identical query. Identical reply. However a distinct portion of the response,” they argued. Including: “After we edit any interview, whether or not a politician, an athlete, or film star, we try to be clear, correct and on level. The portion of her reply on 60 Minutes was extra succinct, which permits time for different topics in a large ranging 21-minute-long phase.”
However what CBS did was pluck out a fraction of a sentence that was in the midst of a phrase salad being spoken by candidate a with an issue connecting with voters. Once more, additionally they edited out their reporter asking a query with crucial evaluation towards stated candidate. They later adopted up with a distinct 60 Minutes episode smearing stated candidate’s opponent.
CBS was caught purple handed with extremely edited video designed to cover Harris’s bumbling solutions in pursuit of a good election consequence. Now we all know why CBS staunchly refused to launch the unedited video to the general public.
