{"id":2357398,"date":"2024-10-21T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-interview-transcript-now\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T12:14:01","slug":"cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-interview-transcript-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-interview-transcript-now\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News, Release The Full Kamala Interview Transcript Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-interview-transcript-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2357398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the accusations against\u2063 CBS News\u200d for allegedly distorting news coverage to support Vice President Kamala Harris during \u2063her presidential campaign. Critics claim that CBS manipulated an interview with Harris, presented on\u200d &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;\u2063 and &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; by airing different answers\u2064 to the same question in \u2064separate broadcasts, leading\u2064 to public\u200d confusion about her actual responses. A complaint has been filed with \u2064the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by \u2063the nonprofit group Center for \u2063American Rights, alleging that CBS&#8217;s actions violate FCC\u200b regulations by undermining the\u2063 factual integrity \u200bof news. The article highlights CBS&#8217;s refusal to release a \u2064complete, unedited transcript of the interview as a further point \u200dof \u200ccontention and \u2063recalls past\u200c controversies involving the network, suggesting an ongoing pattern of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">political bias<\/a>. The piece argues for the necessity of trust in news media and calls on CBS to be \u2063transparent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-introduced-omar-act-would-block-lawmakers-from-paying-spouses\/\" title=\"Newly Introduced \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Would Block Lawmakers from Paying Spouses\">restore public confidence<\/a>. Will Scharf, \u200bthe author, is a former federal\u200c prosecutor and a Republican candidate for Missouri Attorney General.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJys7OVH24E&amp;t=1s\">60 Minutes\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/21\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-harris-interview-transcript-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=CBS%20News,%20Release%20The%20Full%20Kamala%20Harris%20Interview%20Transcript%20Now&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/21\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-harris-interview-transcript-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=CBS%20News,%20Release%20The%20Full%20Kamala%20Harris%20Interview%20Transcript%20Now&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/21\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-harris-interview-transcript-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/21\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-harris-interview-transcript-now\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=CBS%20News,%20Release%20The%20Full%20Kamala%20Harris%20Interview%20Transcript%20Now&amp;body=The%20American%20people%20should%20be%20able%20to%20trust%20that%20the%20news%20they%20watch%20is%20not%20deliberately%20distorted.%20%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/21\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-harris-interview-transcript-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>CBS News was once one of the defining news outlets in the world. Whether it was Edward R. Murrow reporting live from London during the Blitz in World War II or Walter Cronkite&rsquo;s coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, generations of Americans turned to CBS for fair, accurate reporting on the most important issues of the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No longer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8c5aab02e3a98c2344ab2473337aaa0a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8c5aab02e3a98c2344ab2473337aaa0a\"><\/div>\n<p>CBS News now stands accused of deliberately distorting its news coverage for nakedly political purposes, to prop up Kamala Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-progressive-frontrunners-to-replace-justice-stephen-breyer\/\" title=\"Meet the Progressive Frontrunners To Replace Justice Stephen Breyer\">flailing presidential campaign<\/a> by attempting to hide her inability to answer even simple questions about her policy positions and how she would act if elected president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How badly skewed was CBS&rsquo;s coverage of its interview with Harris, broadcast to the world on &ldquo;Face the Nation&rdquo; and &ldquo;60 Minutes?&rdquo; Well, last week, the nonprofit group Center for American Rights (CAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/17\/this-is-the-kamala-harris-cbs-video-editors-dont-want-you-to-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanrights.org\/cases\/cbs-accused-of-news-distortion-in-vice-president-kamala-harris-interview-center-for-american-rights-files-formal-fcc-complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> with the Federal Communications Commission alleging deliberate news distortion, a violation of FCC regulations and a half-century of precedent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this complaint, CAR lawyer Daniel Suhr contends that the evidence of illegal news distortion by CBS could not be clearer: In two different news programs, CBS broadcast the same question, followed by two very different answers from Harris, resulting in a situation where &ldquo;the general public no longer has any confidence as to what the Vice President actually said in response to the query.&rdquo; This goes well beyond mere editorial oversight of an interview &mdash; picking what to include and what not to include &mdash; and instead constitutes a violation of the public trust that the news material CBS presented was in any way factual.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the complaint in a Fox News interview, FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington indicated that he is taking this matter seriously: &ldquo;[G]oing to the news is an act of extending trust,&rdquo; he stated, and &ldquo;the thing about trust is that once it&rsquo;s lost, it&rsquo;s very difficult to regain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d532edbbd35584f16d7df8ee31e65c01 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d532edbbd35584f16d7df8ee31e65c01\"><\/div>\n<p>Compounding the problem is the fact that CBS has thus far refused to release a full, unedited transcript of its interview with Harris, as is typical with such interviews. In fact, on Sunday, the network released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/60-minutes-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> standing by its edit &mdash; while taking several swings at former president and Harris&rsquo; opponent Donald Trump &mdash; writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That is false.<\/p>\n<p>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. &hellip; The portion of her answer on 60 Minutes was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-denies-it-engaged-in-deceitful-editing-in-harris-oct-7-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"60 Minutes denies it engaged in \u2018deceitful editing\u2019 in Harris Oct. 7 interview - Washington Examiner\">wide ranging 21-minute-long segment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Mr. Trump pulled out of his interview with 60 Minutes and the vice president participated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Trump&rsquo;s campaign said in response to the statement, &ldquo;60 Minutes just admitted to doing exactly what President Trump accused them of doing. They edited in a different response &mdash; from another part of her answer &mdash; to make Kamala Harris sound less incoherent than she really was. Their statement is not a denial, it is an admission that they did exactly what they were accused of.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CAR is demanding that the FCC compel the release of the transcript, but unless and until the FCC takes action, CBS cannot run away from the fact that it is deliberately distorting the public record at the very height of a presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, CBS is no stranger to election-rigging news controversies. On Sept. 8, 2004, at the height of that contentious presidential election, &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; anchor Dan Rather breathlessly covered the damning &ldquo;Killian memos,&rdquo; which purported to prove that President George W. Bush had shirked his responsibilities to the Texas Air National Guard decades earlier. The only problem was that the Killian memos were quickly proven by internet sleuths to be clumsy modern-day forgeries. Rather was quickly put out to pasture and staffers were fired, but clearly CBS did not learn its lesson &mdash; its willingness to distort the truth for nakedly political purposes remains apparently unaltered two decades later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-743b0de8edab83a8a1c8c9f89a1b9a34 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-743b0de8edab83a8a1c8c9f89a1b9a34\"><\/div>\n<p>The American people should be able to trust that the news they watch is not deliberately distorted. The FCC has a responsibility to ensure that its licensees do not break the law. And CBS &mdash; if it wants to restore the trust that so many once had in its news broadcasts &mdash; needs to come clean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What did Kamala Harris actually say?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21fb9495721f321052aad903f01ec33b fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21fb9495721f321052aad903f01ec33b\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Will Scharf is a former federal prosecutor, who also worked on the confirmations of Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. 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