CBS’ 60 Minutes finally issued a statement on Sunday, claiming Donald Trump’s accusation that the show deceptively edited its interview with Kamala Harris earlier this month is “false” two weeks after the segment aired.
A statement from 60 Minutes: https://t.co/skHTnVRO1C pic.twitter.com/v9oWoce6r0
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 20, 2024
“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 press release stated.
The statement went on to admit they edited Harris’ answer to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, but argued the alteration was not deceptive.
“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,” the CBS program wrote. “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.”
Proving the mainstream media show’s message is political in nature, the statement went on to attack GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
60 Minutes added, “Remember, Mr. Trump pulled out of his interview with 60 Minutes and the vice president participated. Our long-standing invitation to former President Trump remains open. If he would like to discuss the issues facing the nation and the Harris interview, we would be happy to have him on 60 Minutes.”
The network can claim it didn’t try to manipulate the footage to make Harris’ answer more palatable, but readers can come to their own conclusions when comparing the longer answer aired on Face the Nation to the response aired by 60 Minutes.
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
The 60 Minutes statement also failed to address calls for a full unedited transcript to be released as requested by the Trump-Vance campaign.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN: “The American people deserve the full, unedited transcript from Kamala's sit-down interview. We call upon 60 Minutes and CBS to release it. What do they, and Kamala, have to hide?” pic.twitter.com/RKOvcxJRPH
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 9, 2024
Watch Alex Jones’ coverage of Kamala’s disastrous 60 Minutes interview below:
🚨 BOMBSHELL: 60 Minutes Just Ended Kamala's Campaign After Harris's Hail Mary Interviews Backfire pic.twitter.com/2GR5JqlSTg
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) October 9, 2024