Before the November election the CBS show “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Kamala Harris that was found to have had some big-time edits.
After Donald Trump took office, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was curious about something, and asked CBS to provide a full transcript:
CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the network over how it handled a story about his opponent.
Trump sued CBS for $10 billion over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively edited to make Harris look good.
Published reports said that CBS’ parent company, Paramount, has been talking to Trump’s lawyers about a settlement.
FCC Chairman Carr said today that CBS provided a full transcript along with the full video:
CBS provided the FCC with unredacted video & a transcript of VP Harris’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview in response to the FCC’s review of a News Distortion complaint.
CBS did not ask for confidential or non-public treatment of these materials.
Given the value of transparency & the…
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) February 5, 2025
The full transcript is here, and CBS did some slicing and dicing before the interview was aired on “60 Minutes.”
Kamala Harris looked like she was on the verge of throwing up seconds before her 60 Minutes interview.
She was and never will in any way shape or form prepared to run this country… pic.twitter.com/8E40WlUrsD
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 5, 2025
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CBS releases the full transcript of their interview with Kamala Harris which reveals a lengthy pre-interview discussion of her goal to feature art from black artists and the levels of mold in the air pic.twitter.com/A6WEPM30QC
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 5, 2025
🚨🚨How much did 60 minutes edit the Kamala Harris interview?
See for yourself. This was the first question. One clip is the edit. One is raw.
A full extra minute of rambling. pic.twitter.com/WMzFQ6Y9Mu
— Nick Monroe (@lobsterlooker) February 5, 2025
Omg. 60 Minutes DID cut out a horrific word salad from Kamala.
You want to hear almost-was President Kamala Harris solution was to the Ukraine war? (Red line is where the full interview cuts her response)
“Doing what we can to continue to build and strengthen the alliance… pic.twitter.com/oouZC211jZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 5, 2025
Below is the full interview, but be careful to avoid any hilarious flashbacks to the many reasons Harris lost to Trump which now only serve as reminders of why Kamala’s campaign wanted to keep her exposure very limited. Watch:
That can be best summed up with a clip from “The Office”:
Here is a summary of 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/QJ6NsBAkJX
— Brett Moulton (@brettmoulton24) February 5, 2025
LOL.
But at least the FCC is being transparent with what they found.
Thank you for this level of transparency!
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 5, 2025
Very refreshing to have transparency in media. You can’t appreciate @BrendanCarrFCC enough. https://t.co/fSIR8hwLmy
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) February 5, 2025
This how our government should work..👏👏👇
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. https://t.co/5x21BPCvwH
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) February 5, 2025
Full transparency at last! Well, it took place several weeks after the election was over, but still…
But the video the FCC posted has the best reminder of all:
Thank you for reminding us of we have been unburdened of. https://t.co/dqhsfj4bMD
— L. Of Borg (@LocutosAwakened) February 5, 2025
Bingo! Thank goodness.
