CBS News Aired 2 Different Answers to Same Question from Harris’ ’60 Minutes’ Interview
Former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the edits constituted a “giant fake news scam” and demanded CBS’ broadcast license be revoked.
Jordan Liles
A rumor circulating online in early October 2024 about the weekly TV news program “60 Minutes” claimed CBS News edited and presented two different versions of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ answer to a question about U.S. relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After asking the question that was shortened in the final clip, Whitaker said to Harris, “But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.” The video then cut to Harris responding, “We are not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.” (Again, that sentence was omitted from the longer interview clip previously aired on “Face the Nation” and the “60 Minutes” YouTube page.)
The re-edited version begins at the 2:07 mark in this clip uploaded to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel:
Former President Donald Trump amplified the controversy by labeling CBS’ actions “election interference” and a “fake news scam.” He also shared a comparison video demonstrating that CBS News aired two versions of Harris’ answer to the same question. Ultimately, he demanded that CBS’ broadcast license be revoked.
In our research, we found that CBS News did broadcast two different versions of Harris’ answers to a series of questions she was asked about Netanyahu. One version aired on Oct. 6 on the Sunday-morning CBS News program “Face the Nation,” and the other on “60 Minutes” the following day, during the show’s primetime election special. As of this writing, both versions remain available online.
The Oct. 6 ‘Face the Nation’ Version
On Oct. 6, “Face the Nation” broadcast a clip of Harris’ remarks about Netanyahu, as a preview of the “60 Minutes” election special set to air the following evening. The clip (available on YouTube) lasted more than two minutes. The same day, “60 Minutes” posted the same preview clip to its official YouTube channel.
HER LIES KEEP ON COMING.
