’60 Minutes’ Refutes Trump’s Allegations About Harris Interview Edits

CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday provided something to supplement the regular news magazine segments. The program offered a message to former President Trump and a host of critics who have lambasted the long-running news series for how a recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was edited to appear as if they were offering different responses to the same series. ask.

“Former President Donald Trump accuses 60 Minutes of deceptively editing our October 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris,” the show said in a statement released Sunday evening. “That’s not true. “

“’60 Minute’s provided an excerpt of our interview to ‘Face the Nation’ that used a longer portion of her response than the one in ’60 Minutes.’ Same question. Same answer. But a different part of the response.” the statement continued. “When we edit an interview, whether it’s with a politician, an athlete or a movie star, we strive to be clear, accurate and current. The part of her response to ’60 Minutes’ was more concise, allowing time for other topics in a broad 21-minute segment.”

The CBS news magazine has come under scrutiny in recent days after Trump objected to the Harris interview (and declined to appear on the program after previously committing to do so). Trump took to social media to slam the program and his supporters have also criticized “60 Minutes” and the interview, accusing the show of helping Harris by selectively editing her answers to questions.

It may be common for “teasers,” or clips of a news interview shown before the actual segment in which the conversation takes place, to use different parts of an answer than the edited portion that appears later. Yet in the age of social media, where viewers can post and pass on different video segments for contrast and comparison, such efforts can backfire. In this case, while CBS News showed several parts of Harris’ response to questions from “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker, the fact that the “teaser” and the actual interview did not exactly match left the Paramount Global news unit on came second. guessing and criticism.

“60 Minutes” used Sunday’s rebuke of Trump’s criticism to push him to discuss the issue at greater length — on CBS News. “Our long-standing invitation to former President Trump remains open. If he would like to discuss the issues facing the nation and the Harris interview, we would love to have him on ’60 Minutes.’