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Ex-CBS staffers call for outside probe of ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris amid editing scandal
New York Post ^ | Oct. 10, 2024, | Alexandra Steigrad

Posted on 10/12/2024 5:23:50 PM PDT by george76

Former CBS News staffers are demanding an independent investigation into “60 Minutes” over the brewing Kamala Harris interview scandal — even as the network digs in its heels and refuses to release the full, unedited transcript, ...

The long-running news show has come under fire after cleaning up the Democratic presidential candidate’s answer to a question from “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker about Israel that aired during a special episode on Monday.

Her reply was starkly different from the “word salad” the vice president served up in a clip to promote the interview shown by “Face the Nation” the day before.

The controversy has prompted media insiders and critics — including Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — to question the ethical standards at the Tiffany Network.

“I think there should be an outside investigation,” one former CBS News journalist told The Post on Thursday. “Obviously, there’s a problem here. If they care about journalistic integrity, they would conduct an investigation or release the full transcript.”

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A second CBS source said the discrepancy in the answers makes it seem that the network’s flagship show is “biased.”

“Their credibility has been called into question and their impartiality has been called into question,” the source said. “Don’t you need a full-throated review of what went wrong?”

On Thursday, CBS again declined multiple requests from The Post to release the full transcript.

The network did not comment on whether it planned on launching a probe into the matter.

However, CBS has a history of both releasing full transcripts of its news programs and launching probes.

In 2013, the network investigated a “60 Minutes” segment by correspondent Lara Logan about a terror attack on the US compound in Benghazi that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 10/12/2024 5:23:50 PM PDT by george76
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maybe someone will leak it...


2 posted on 10/12/2024 5:25:26 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: george76

Channeling Oprah: “You get a middle finger. You get a middle finger. YOU GET A MIDDLE FINGER!!!”


3 posted on 10/12/2024 5:26:34 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Probes should be conducted by people such as the doctor probing Chevy Chase in the movie Fletch: “Did you ever work in a Turkish prison?”


4 posted on 10/12/2024 5:27:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: george76
need a full-throated review

Is this a liberal "dog whistle" phrase?

I have never heard "full-throated" until twice this week with the phony "Men for Kamala" commercial and now this ex-CBS journalist.

5 posted on 10/12/2024 5:31:15 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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CBSGnus is a campaign commercial for the Junta and their selected props.


6 posted on 10/12/2024 5:42:53 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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7 posted on 10/12/2024 5:47:30 PM PDT by skimbell
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“ If they care about journalistic integrity, they would conduct an investigation or release the full transcript.””

They do not care about any kind of integrity.


8 posted on 10/12/2024 6:08:19 PM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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Prediction: CBS will get away with it, and within a year it will have been largely forgotten.


9 posted on 10/12/2024 6:12:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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What is editorial discretion, and what constitutes an in-kind campaign contribution to Harris?


10 posted on 10/12/2024 6:30:02 PM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: george76

ABC gives Kamala the questions and soft peddles her. CBS manipulates the interview with Kamala. The MSM, along with the DOJ, FBI, SS, and IRS, are corrupt.


11 posted on 10/12/2024 7:31:24 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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It will be quickly buried, like the trannie school killer manifesto. etc.

Inconvenient episodes are buried by consensus in the liberal fake news media.


12 posted on 10/12/2024 7:40:11 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: george76

What is a “Tiffany network”?


13 posted on 10/12/2024 8:31:36 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: george76

Kamala needs fixed interviews with the questions she already knows and the teleprompter has her answers. She answers poorly. It is all fake.

Donald Trump will answer questions from a hostile media for many minutes on the airport apron before flying off to his next campaign speech of probably 3 that day.

Circa 1968 my girl friend told me she wanted just a casual relationship. She was really kicking me out the door and making a wise decision. Kamala has said she is one and the same with Biden and his horrible record. She can not kick him out the door without kicking herself out the door.

I am much thankful that amusing problem.


14 posted on 10/12/2024 8:51:33 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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.... I am sure they will get to the bottom of this ..... After the election .....

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15 posted on 10/12/2024 10:18:57 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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Rathergate redux.


16 posted on 10/13/2024 5:35:43 AM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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