The two reasons CBS News wont release unedited Kamala Harris interview, columnist claims

CBS News’ defiant statement defending its controversial edit of its “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month fell flat with critics, who have ramped up calls for the network to release an unedited transcript. After weeks of staying silent despite growing criticism over the interview, CBS published a statement Sunday evening addressing the outrage that ensued after airing two different answers to the same question in the “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month with the Democratic nominee.CBS News infamously aired Harris offering a widely mocked, rambling answer to a critical question about Israel when promoting the interview, but a shorter answer to the same question was shown instead in primetime on “60 Minutes.” CBS News’ statement said former President Trump’s claim the “deceitful editing” was used is “false,” and explained that producers used a “more succinct” portion of Harris’ answer. “Instead of releasing the full 60 Minutes interview and transcript, CBS released a statement somehow blaming Donald Trump,” Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell told Fox News Digital. “Is CBS a news organization or a Democrat Super PAC?” Bozell added.“If CBS has nothing to hide, it should stop hiding.”Fox News contributor Joe Concha noted that it took 14 days for CBS News to put out a statement. “This statement ’60 Minutes’ issued is absolutely meaningless,” Concha said Monday on “FOX & Friends First.”“The only resolution here is for the program to release the full transcript.

Release the hounds, release the interview in its entirety from start to finish, but the network won’t do that,” Concha continued.“You know why they won’t do that?”Concha believes there are two reasons why CBS won’t oblige. “One, the people that run the network want Kamala Harris to win and Donald Trump to lose.

This ain’t about journalism, it’s about activism,” Concha sa...