Donald Trump says CBS should lose its broadcast license
Donald Trump declared on his Truth Social network that CBS should lose its license after airing an interview with Kamala Harris on its airwaves.
Accusing the American channel of perpetrating a “Gigantic fake news scam”, The Republican candidate questions the way in which the programs “60 Minutes” and “Face the Nation” edited the interview with his competitor for the White House.
“TAKE THE LICENSE FROM CBS.” Electoral interference »he roared on his platform. Kamala Harris is “a moron, and the fake news media wants to hide this fact”accuse.
The source of Donald Trump’s criticism comes from the broadcast of two different answers from Kamala Harris to the same question about the Biden administration’s efforts to stop the war in the Middle East.
Journalist Bill Whitaker interviewed Kamala Harris on Saturday, October 5 in Washington for the “60 Minutes” program broadcast on Monday, two days later. But a brief excerpt of the interview was revealed Sunday on the same network’s “Face the Nation.”, as promotion of the long version, as well as to give prominence to the Sunday broadcast.
In this passage, the journalist points out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not seem to listen to the Biden administration’s suggestions.
“The work we have done has resulted in a series of measures taken by Israel in this region, which have largely been motivated or resulted from various factors, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region. »responds the vice president, in the excerpt broadcast by “Face the Nation.”
In “60 minutes”, After the same question, Kamala Harris answers: “We will continue to do what is necessary to be clear about our position on the need to end this war. »
After different responses were highlighted online, Donald Trump said on Truth Social that “Harris’s ACTUAL ANSWER was CRAZY OR STUPID, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer to save it or at least make it look better.”
What is it really? According to CBS, Kamala Harris’ full response to Bill Whitaker’s question actually consisted of the two phrases in question: the first was used on “Face the Nation” and the second on “60 Minutes.” The channel explained that the editing was necessary since the program “60 Minutes” broadcast twenty minutes of the interview, out of the forty-five minutes that the interview lasted.
Donald Trump’s campaign team, for its part, asked CBS News to release a full, unedited transcript of the Kamala Harris interview.
During his 2020 presidential campaign against Joe Biden, the Republican candidate was so upset by his interview with “60 Minutes” reporter Lesley Stahl that he cut the session short before releasing the full, unedited recording of the interview.
