The Columbia Broadcasting Systems CBS, one of the U.S. ‘Big Three’ networks, appears to have edited an interview with Democratic presidential candidate and current VP Kamala Harris, replacing a meandering response characterized by critics as “word salad” with a more succinct answer.
In a Sunday promotional preview of the full interview, scheduled to air the following day, reporter Bill Whitaker asks Harris why it seems like Israeli PM Netanyahu is not listening to the U.S. Harris’s response is:
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.
The clip was also shared on X by the “60 Minutes” program, which calls itself “the most successful news magazine in TV history.”
When the entire interview was broadcast on Monday, viewers could witness Harris respond to the question with:
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.
While editing is common in television interviews, replacing one response with a completely different one is not only unusual, but highly questionable.
Former President Trump’s campaign has requested that CBS release the unedited transcript of the entire interview, saying the American people deserves it. The campaign’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused “60 Minutes” of “deceptively” editing out Harris’s “idiotic response” and asked, “Why did 60 Minutes choose not to air Kamala’s full word salad, and what else did they choose not to air?”
The broadcaster has not responded to American media questions about the discrepancy.
Donald Trump has chosen not to appear on the “60 Minutes” show, for which he has been scolded by establishment media.
