Source: Washington Post
by Ramesh Ponnuru
“Donald Trump has accused CBS of editing a ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris to make her sound better. The network says the edits were made solely to fit broadcast time constraints, but it has not released the unedited transcript so that people can decide for themselves — something that it has done after other interviews. The critics are within their rights to question the network’s editorial judgments, speculate about its biases and exact a reputational cost for its stonewalling. All of that is part of the give and take of a free society. Trump’s actual response to the controversy, however, has been worse than anything CBS has done. In social media posts, in interviews and at rallies, he has called for taking ’60 Minutes’ off the air (‘IMMEDIATELY’) and stripping CBS of its broadcast license. It’s a go-to response from Trump to news stories he doesn’t like.” (10/31/24)