‘Deceptive Conduct’: Trump Suing CBS Over Harris Interview
They could just release the transcript…then again, I don’t know if I’d trust that now.
Former President Donald Trump has sued CBS News for $10 million over the interview with VP Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes.
We know that CBS cut and edited Harris’s answer regarding Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This action concerns CBS’s partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to (a) confuse, deceive, and mislead the public, and (b) attempt to tip the scales in favor of the Democratic Party as the heated 2024 Presidential Election—which President Trump is leading-approaches its conclusion, in violation of Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code § 17.46(a), which subjects “[f]alse, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce” to suit under Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code §17.50(a)(1). See Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (the “DTPA”), Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code § 17.41 et seq.
CBS didn’t tweak the clip. It was a full change from the answer 60 Minutes showed the day before the entire interview aired on TV.
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: Vice President Kamala 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.
Wow. Here’s what happened. 60Minutes released a preview of the Kamala interview before it aired. Netanyahu word salad clip got dunked on relentlessly. So… 60Minutes cut it from the version which actually aired on TV. Makes you wonder what else was left on the cutting room floor. https://t.co/n1nd1Iz26z
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) October 8, 2024
CBS issued a deceptive excuse on October 20 because, as I said above, the answer shown on TV did not come from the answer we heard in the clip from the day before (emphasis mine):
Former President Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That is false.
60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to Face the Nation that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response. When we edit any interview, whether a politician, an athlete, or movie star, we strive to be clear, accurate and on point. The portion of her answer on 60 Minutes was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a wide ranging 21-minute-long segment.
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Got to love Trump getting in one more October Surprise under the wire!
(Also, it’s kind of refreshing to watch so many October Surprises bomb. We’re no longer impressed with cheap hits that are easy to debunk.)
CBS deserves this, but the timing n]may prove to be a distraction.
Trump should focus on policies. His, hers, and how his worked and will work again.
It seems that this kind of election interference is important. Dems Have adopted so many nasty practices, I remember when it was not this way.
Frivolous suit that should be thrown out immediately. What CBS did is protected by the first amendment. Texas’s Consumer Protection Act can’t override that.
False advertising laws are only constitutional because of the “commercial speech” doctrine; this was not commercial speech, because a political candidate is not an item in commerce, so it’s not covered by that doctrine. This is the same as the attempt to use false advertising laws to shut up oil company executives from giving their perspective on glowball warmening, which was dismissed because of the first amendment.
You could have shortened that for us by saying “blah, blah, blah…”
😒 😒 😒
You may be right. However CBS operates under a “broadcast license”. A bit antiquated, but their license requires them to be truthful and not lie or deceive. It’s long past the time that the legacy broadcast media be held to account.
When NBC edited the Geroge Zimmerman 911 call having Zimmerman first saying Trayvon was black rather than the 911 operator asking later what color he was…. is that covered under the First Amendment? The words are all there just moved around in chronology.
This isn’t legal.
It’s political.
The lawsuit is going to go nowhere but headlines, in an attempt to get more voters to see what a crock of shit Harris is.
You miss the point. Haven’t you been paying attention all year? The validity of the charges don’t matter (See a multitude of charges against Trump for examples).
It is all about the immediate public perception created. The actual truth can come out a few years from now when no one cares any more.
You’re wrong there dude, the vice prostitute is most definitely a product that the problem media is trying to sell to the American people. Or at least the ones stupid enough to vote for a communist prostitute like Harris
At this point anyone who relies upon the mainstream media for their news is an abject moron.
CBS generally and 60 Minutes specifically were outed a very, very long time ago as liars completely unworthy of your trust. Chevy pickups and Ford Pintos, anyone?
As far as I am concerned, $60 billion isn’t even close to enough.
This is Trump dominating the news cycle. He’s speed bagging the news media. Don’t let opposition writers catch breath or find firm footing; editors are only now putting the finishing touches on “Garbage Trump” rebuttals and he’s already moved on to suing 60 minutes.
Before Milhouse can say, “Blah, blah, blah”, Trump will have moved on to something else.
Not only speed bagging but tea bagging.
That is one insult that I hope comes back and bites them.
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