'60 Minutes' rejects Trump's claims it edited clip for Harris as former president calls for investigation

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Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:02 PM EDT, Sun October 20, 2024


CNN — CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday rejected former President Donald Trump’s claims that the show edited its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris at her campaign’s direction. “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 show said in a statement that noted that Trump backed out of his own “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month.

“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 statement reads. “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.”

In an interview on Fox’s “MediaBuzz” that aired earlier Sunday, Trump suggested Harris should be investigated over her “60 Minutes” appearance. He repeated his accusations that CBS News edited the sit-down with correspondent Bill Whitaker. “They took the answer out in it’s entirety and put a completely different answer in that looks – that makes her look like she’s normal,” he told host Howard Kurtz.

The former president’s criticism of CBS comes as has repeatedly turned down invitations from television networks, including CNN and Fox News, for additional debates, instead opting for sit-downs with right-wing media outlets. The Harris campaign has seized on her GOP rival declining interviews to advance her message that he isn’t up to being president.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/20/politics/60-minutes-trump-claims-harris-interview/index.html

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1. Corporate media higher ups................

stay away from tall building windows.

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2. You would think Trump would stay from this accusation given the dozens of times Fox has done with Trump Interviews what

he's accusing 60 minutes of. Unlike 60 minutes who only edited for time purposes, there is plenty of proof out there that Fox edited out parts of interviews which showed clear cognitive decline - spouting gibberish, unable to pronounce words, slurred speech, getting basic facts wrong (like referring to Nancy Pelosi as Nikki Haley) and just general statements that made him look like an idiot. Of course, I know Trump is not smart enough to ever do the smart thing.

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3. New evidence makes Trump's crusade against CBS far more difficult

Fox News reportedly edited a Donald Trump event in ways that made the candidate look better — which won't help his crusade against CBS and "60 Minutes."

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-evidence-makes-trumps-crusade-cbs-far-difficult-rcna177079

By now, you’ve probably heard the story. Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with the news program; some of her answers were edited for time; and the GOP nominee has spent every day since pretending that this is some kind of scandal. Trump has, among other things, called for CBS to lose its broadcasting license, “60 Minutes” to be pulled from the air,” and for the Democratic nominee to end her candidacy altogether.

After the Republican candidate described the editing of the interview as “totally illegal” — a bonkers claim, by any fair measure — Trump’s legal team wrote to CBS News this week, threatening litigation.....

It’s against this backdrop that CNN reported on Trump’s staged event at a New York barbershop this week, which was aired on Fox News:

[T]he version of the visit shown on television was, to borrow a hairstyle metaphor, a crop cut. Fox edited out many of Trump’s rambling comments and false claims. Participants had to repeatedly follow up when Trump meandered away from the original point of their questions. CNN reviewed a more complete video of the barbershop visit that was uploaded to Instagram on the day of Trump’s appearance in the Bronx and compared it to the segments that were shown on “Fox & Friends” on Monday.

CNN’s report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC, added that what Fox News showed viewers “omitted numerous Trump tangents and exaggerations,” as well as his “rambling comments.”......

But according to CNN’s report, Fox’s segment was edited in such a way as to prevent Trump from looking even worse.

The result is a set of questions that seems rather obvious, but are worth asking anyway. Will the former president demand that “Fox & Friends” be pulled from the air? Will he target Fox’s broadcast license? Will he withdraw from the 2024 race as a result of the allegations?

Will he demand that Fox release the full and unedited version of his appearance? Will he characterize the network’s edits as “totally illegal,” a “threat to democracy,” and “the single biggest scandal in broadcast history”?

Will Fox’s lawyers be hearing from Trump’s attorneys?

I have a hunch we know the answers.

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4. The convicted felons double standards

Fox News edited Trump's rambling answers and false claims in barbershop interview, full video shows

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/media/fox-news-edit-trump-barbershop-interview/index.html

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