CBS hit with FCC complaint over edited 60 Minutes Harris interview: ‘Restore public confidence’

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of “significant and intentional news distortion” regarding the network’s editing of its Vice President Kamala Harris interview on

But in a teaser clip of Harris answering the same question prior to the full interview’s release, the vice president offered a significantly different response that many conservatives derided as a “word salad.” CAR said the network’s edits violated “long-standing FCC precedent that broadcasters cannot engage in intentional falsification or suppression of news.” It is seeking an order compelling WCBS-TV to release the full unedited transcript of the interview.

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