That controversial 60 Minutes interview with then-Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris received an Emmy nomination.
Yup. The 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards nominated that interview for outstanding editing.
I kid you not.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung provided Fox News with a great comment: “Of course it’s nominated for best editing because it takes some serious talent to edit Kamala’s answer into something that’s coherent and understandable, which in the end they still failed to do.”
CBS News made a huge mistake when it released a snippet from the interview where Harris spoke about Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The aired portion of the interview did not match the clip.
WHITAKER: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.HARRIS: 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.
WHITAKER: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.HARRIS: We are not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.
The editors turned a word salad into a somewhat coherent statement.
The editing caused a firestorm, forcing CBS to release the full original transcript because everyone wondered what else they had edited and left on the cutting floor.
Stacey mentioned a portion of 60 Minutes that was likely scrapped “not just because Harris sounded awful but also because it made Whitaker sound a little too much like a handler attempting to kick back with her and coach her more so than a reporter trying to do their job in interviewing someone who wanted to be the leader of the free world.”
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued CBS for “deceptive conduct,” claiming CBS participated in “election and voter interference” to confuse voters and “tip the scales in favor of the Democratic Party.”
Last month, Bill Owens, executive producer of 60 Minutes, resigned because he could no longer “run the show” as he had always done.
I wonder how many other stories 60 Minutes edited to make them more appealing to a certain side or topic. Weird, huh?
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