CBS has come under fire after facing a formal complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), alleging misleading edits during Vice President Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview. The network has been accused of editing Harris’s responses to misrepresent her stance on issues related to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Maria Bartiromo, host of Fox Business, tackled the controversy with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who explained the gravity of the situation. “My SEC colleague, Republican Commissioner Simington, has been very active on this,” Carr said. “What he’s pointed out is the news distortion rule is a very, very narrow rule at the FCC. In almost every case, it doesn’t apply because it could get into sort of editorial decisions that are protected by the First Amendment. But what he said is that CBS should release the transcript.”
“The reason why this complaint is not frivolous is because the rules say, for instance, the example we’ve given is, if you take an answer to a question that is a yes, and you replace the answer of no from a different question, that that’s something that would potentially fall within the news distortion rule,” Carr said.
He continued, “I don’t think this needs to be a federal case, because I think CBS should release it [transcript], and then that would inoculate entirely CBS from that FCC complaint.” He went on to add, “In fact, I know people are reaching out to their local affiliates right now, asking them if they would release that transcript.” […]
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