CBS News Hit With FEC Complaint for Editing Kamala’s 60 Minutes Interview

Last week, CBS News interviewed Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes.

It didn’t go well, and CBS must have known it — so much so, that they attempted to edit Kamala’s answers to make her look better.

Specifically, CBS spliced Kamala’s answer to a question about Israel, replacing her entire answer with a sentence she said earlier to a completely separate question!

Geiger Capital pointed this out on X:

Holy. Shit.

60 Minutes cut Kamala’s nonsense answer on Israel and replaced it with a completely seperate sentence she said earlier in the interview…

Mixing and matching questions and answers. This isn’t journalism. It’s fraud.pic.twitter.com/onXli46xL6

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) October 8, 2024

Here was Kamala’s original, REAL answer:

Bill Whitaker: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening?

Kamala Harris: Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.

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And here is the edited, FAKE version:

Bill Whitaker: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening?

Kamala Harris: We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.

Even left-wing-biased Snopes confirmed it:

In our research, we found that CBS News did broadcast two different versions of Harris’ answers to a series of questions she was asked about Netanyahu. One version aired on Oct. 6 on the Sunday-morning CBS News program “Face the Nation,” and the other on “60 Minutes” the following day, during the show’s primetime election special. As of this writing, both versions remain available online.

This takes media bias to a whole new level.

It’s not even bias at this point — it’s straight up fraud!

And, that’s exactly what CBS is being accused of, in a complaint by the FEC.

Fox News explained:

CBS News has been accused of “significant and intentional news distortion” in a formal complaint the Center for American Rights filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday.

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CBS News has taken heat in recent days for airing two different answers to the same question in its “60 Minutes” interview last week with Vice President Kamala 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.

However, the vice president’s lengthy answer didn’t make the version that aired on Monday night on “60 Minutes” and a shorter, more focused answer to the same question was shown instead.

The Center for American Rights, also known as CAR, argued that the discrepancies “amount to deliberate news distortion — a violation of FCC rules governing broadcasters’ public interest obligations.”

The complaint insisted CBS release the unedited transcript of the interview to set the record straight, which echoes calls from former President Trump and many others.

“This isn’t just about one interview or one network,” CAR president Daniel Suhr said in a statement.

“This is about the public’s trust in the media on critical issues of national security and international relations during one of the most consequential elections of our time,” Suhr continued. “When broadcasters manipulate interviews and distort reality, it undermines democracy itself. The FCC must act swiftly to restore public confidence in our news media.”

No wonder Americans’ distrust in the MSM is at an all-time high:

Americans’ Trust in Media Plunges to All-Time Low