Trump has filed a lawsuit alleging CBS Information deceptively introduced its Harris interview to learn her within the 2024 election.
CBS Information on Jan. 31 agreed to offer the Federal Communications Fee (FCC) with its full unedited transcript and digicam feeds from an October 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris on the heart of a lawsuit by President Donald Trump.
Trump’s lawsuit, which was filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Northern District of Texas, argues CBS Information made its cuts to the interview section to make Harris appear extra interesting and enhance her odds going into the November 2024 election.
The broadcaster initially aired a preview of the “60 Minutes” interview on its “Face the Nation” program on Oct. 5. That preview section appeared to incorporate Harris’s lengthier response to the query about Israel. However on Oct. 6, when the “60 Minutes” episode aired, the present appeared to go together with the extra succinct model of her reply.
Along with Trump’s lawsuit in opposition to CBS Information, the FCC had additionally acquired a number of complaints regarding modifying selections within the “60 Minutes” interview.
Rosenworcel’s successor, Trump-appointee Brendan Carr, revived the FCC criticism in opposition to CBS Information over the Harris interview controversy.
“We’re working to adjust to that inquiry as we’re legally compelled to do,” CBS Information mentioned.
The dispute over the Harris interview information might have a big influence on the broadcaster’s operations. Trump’s lawsuit in opposition to CBS Information seeks as a lot as $10 billion in damages over the editorial choice.
Regardless of the allegation the community edited the interview to learn Harris politically, CBS Information has maintained that it trimmed her response to find time for different matters through the Oct. 6 “60 Minutes” broadcast.
In December 2024, in a separate case, ABC Information and its anchor George Stephanopoulos reached an settlement to place $15 million towards Trump’s presidential library, one other $1 million to cowl Trump’s authorized charges, and to difficulty an apology following a defamation lawsuit Trump has filed in opposition to the information broadcaster.