President Donald Trump expressed outrage Wednesday at CBS News and its “60 Minutes” program being nominated for an Emmy award for its deceptively edited interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House race.
“In a total slap in the face to anyone who believes in TRUTH and Honest Journalism, this Fake News Puff Piece has now been nominated for an award by the totally discredited Emmys,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Did 60 Minutes and its Corporate Parents apply to get an Emmy for an illegally falsified interview, or did other Fake Outlets nominate them for this dubious ‘honor’?
“These antics are why the American People have no trust in the Press, and demand that the Media, very much including 60 Minutes, CBS, and its owners, be held responsible for their corruption and lies, which is exactly what we are doing in Court!”
The president also noted: “The Election Interfering 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent.”
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
Trump has already sued the network, seeking $20 billion for what he alleged was election interference, and as WorldNetDaily reported, mediation talks to settle the suit were said to begin last week.
A source familiar with the inner workings of CBS News told Fox News Digital: “The irony is, some folks at ’60 Minutes’ are popping champagne over an Emmy nomination – for the same interview that landed them in legal hot water. It’s a reminder that these awards are voted on by other journalists, not the public, not their bosses – and certainly not lawyers.”
CBS’ parent company, Paramount Global, is hoping to complete a planned multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance Media.
Meanwhile, Bill Owens, “60 Minutes” executive producer, left the news program last month, complaining about the show’s editorial independence.
“Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger,” said “60 Minutes” anchor Scott Pelley, discussing the departure of Owens on the air.
“The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories have been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism required.”
CBS News released a statement at the time Trump filed suit, indicating: “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.”
Howard Kurtz, the former Washington Post media writer who left CNN to join Fox News in 2013, blasted “60 Minutes” as “blatantly unethical” for its “pathetic response.”
“This is a pathetic response by ’60 Minutes’ after a week of silence,” Kurtz told Martha MacCallum of Fox News.
‘Pathetic’: #Media expert shreds #60Minutes response about deceitful editing of #KamalaHarris interview
‘It’s blatantly unethical, and if someone on my staff did that, they’d be looking for a new job’#Trump #Election2024 #MediaBuzz @HowardKurtz @marthamaccallum @MediaBuzzFNC pic.twitter.com/gs2PTnJmyX
— WorldNetDaily (@worldnetdaily) October 21, 2024
“It basically says, ‘Yeah, we did it. So what?’ They talk about making Kamala Harris sound more succinct, in other words, making her look better by switching up the answers as you just saw. You can’t have a different part of an answer to the same question.”
“It’s blatantly unethical, and if someone on my staff did that, they’d be looking for a new job,” he continued.
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