Former President Donald Trump today sued CBS and CBS Interactive in federal court for election interference, saying the far-left news network edited one of Vice President Kamala Harris' answers in an interview with 60 Minutes.
As The New American reported, when the hoax was revealed, editors replaced the answer to a question from reporter Bill Whitaker with a new answer so viewers wouldn't think Harris was a buffoon.
The network recognized Monkey Shine, stood by its decision and supported his request for an interview with President Trump.
Trump's answer: Give him $10 billion for defrauding the American people.
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The once-respected network's legal troubles began when Harris determined that her answers to tough questions from Whitaker were not what they should have been. Solution: Change.
Whitaker said that given the billions of dollars in military aid the United States is giving Israel, “we should listen to the Biden administration, which has pressured[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu]into agreeing to a ceasefire. Isn’t there?” he asked. …You urged him not to go to Lebanon. He went in anyway. Does the US have no influence over Prime Minister Netanyahu? ”
“The work we are doing diplomatically with the Israeli leadership is a continued pursuit of articulating our principles,” Harris responded.
“But Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't seem to be listening,” Whitaker pressed.
Harris' first response appeared as a promo on Oct. 6 on Face the Nation.
Well, Bill, the work that we did resulted in a lot of Israeli movements in that region. These movements were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in this region.
It was a typical Harrisward salad.
But this is not the answer that was broadcast on prime time “60 Minutes'' the next day, nor is it the answer in the released transcript.
We're not going to stop pursuing what it takes to clarify where the United States stands on the need to end this war.
After the hoax was exposed, President Trump demanded that CBS release the full transcript. CBS refused.
“'60 Minutes' provided excerpts from an interview on 'Face the Nation' in which some of her answers were used longer than on '60 Minutes,'” the network claimed.
Same question. Same answer. But different parts of the response. When editing interviews with politicians, athletes, movie stars, etc., we strive to be clear, accurate, and to the point. The 60-minute portion of her answer was more concise, allowing time for other subjects within the broader 21-minute segment.
President Trump threatened to sue unless CBS came clean and showed the world Harris was stumbling through her answers.
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This isn't just a threat, and the network now has to defend a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
The 19-page lawsuit alleges that CBS committed “malicious, deceptive, and gross news distortions designed to (a) confuse, deceive, and mislead the public; and (b) reverse the situation.” “This is a partisan and illegal act of interference with elections and voters.” “I support the Democratic Party as the heated 2024 presidential election, led by President Trump, approaches its conclusion,” in violation of Texas law.
Despite the protective cloak of the far-left mainstream media supporting Harris, her campaign has failed and lawsuits have been avoided. So, in order to hide the weaknesses of Kamala's 'word salad,' CBS used 60 Minutes' nationally broadcast program to cross the line from exercising judgment in reporting to deceptive and deceptive news manipulation. Ta”.
The complaint alleges that “millions of Americans,” especially Texans, “were confused and misled by the two fabricated versions of the interview.”
CBS' statement on the edits said President Trump was “correct” in saying the interview was “fabricated to confuse, deceive and mislead the American people in an effort to interfere in the election on Kamala's behalf.” It proves that.
Like Trump and other critics, CBS's two FCC commissioners should release the full transcript.
“CBS has violated this public trust and for its defiant reasons has violated and continues to violate Texas law,” the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit also cites the FCC's complaint filed by the American Rights Center.
Indeed, the lawsuit acknowledges that CBS has the right to edit its broadcasts. But “CBS crossed the line when production reached the point where the production of the show transformed the interviewees' answers into fundamentally different answers,” the suit says. “This CBS might not be possible.”
misunderstood audience
According to the lawsuit:
CBS has committed multiple false, misleading, and deceptive acts, including falsifying Kamala's answers, in an attempt to increase Kamala's election chances and hurt President Trump's election chances. engaged.
The edits violate the federal ban on “broadcast distortion,” the complaint alleges. “Because the source of Kamala's edited answers in the interview was not actually Kamala, and CBS took the editing pen to confuse viewers about what she said.”
The complaint alleges the edits are an “unconscionable…brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.”
Similarly, “CBS' false, misleading, and deceptive conduct” harmed Mr. Trump, who is a consumer as defined by Texas law.
The lawsuit seeks $10 billion in damages.
