Posted on 09/09/2023 4:29:25 AM PDT by Libloather
CBS News offered a stunning admission that it had "incorrectly" edited a newsworthy exchange between "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan and Vice President Kamala Harris, omitting a key part of the interview.
In a preview clip that aired Thursday on "CBS Mornings," Brennan is seen asking Harris about age being a factor in the upcoming election with her elderly running mate, 80-year-old President Biden, at the top of the Democratic ticket.
"You're 58 now. If you win the second term, as you and the president are running to do, he would be 86 at the end of it," Brennan said before the camera quickly cut to Harris' facial expression.
Brennan immediately continued, "The Wall Street Journal had a poll showing two-thirds of Democrats say Joe Biden is too old to run again. Are you prepared to be commander in chief?"
"Yes I am, if necessary," Harris responded before defending Biden's fitness as president.
However, what aired on "CBS Mornings" was actually not how the conversation unfolded between Brennan and Harris, as the network acknowledged later in the day.
Initially left on the cutting room floor was Brennan grilling Harris about the criticism she has received from GOP presidential candidates.
"You're 58 now. If you win the second term, as you and the president are running to do, he would be 86 at the end of it. And we are seeing Republican candidates hone in on you, in particular, as the next up for that job," Brennan told the vice president. "Nikki Haley says ‘a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for President Harris.’ Chris Christie, 'I want to be clear that I pray every night for Joe Biden's good health, not only because he's our president, but because of who our vice president is.'
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Just another example of the mainstream media shilling for the democrats.
The media lies. We know that. But when their lies are exposed and they double down with more lies, it's just an insult to one's intelligence.
See tagline
Heels Up is her correct name
A whole team of ‘czars’
GOP attacksGOP statements of fact. Faux News sucks also.
“incorrectly” edited a newsworthy exchange
Newspeak
Harris is scary stupid.
If she were a Republican, the comics would never crack a joke about anybody else because she provides such an amazing amount of easy material
Thugs on the left are true to form...
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