CBS Releases Full Video and Transcript of Harris Interview, Promises Nothing Was ‘Doctored or Deceitful’

Phillip NietoFeb 5th, 2025, 5:05 pm
 

CBS released the unedited version of the television network’s controversial 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday.

The network claimed that the transcripts and videos of the interview prove that the 60 Minutes broadcast “was not doctored or deceitful.”

President Donald Trump and his allies have claimed the network deceptively edited the interview to help boost the then-Democratic nominee during the presidential race. New Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr vowed to investigate CBS over complaints that the network favorable edited the interview with Harris.

After the releasing the unedited video and transcript, the network gave out the following statement:

We are posting the same transcripts and videos of our interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that we provided to the FCC. They show – consistent with 60 Minutes’ repeated assurances to the public – that the 60 Minutes broadcast was not doctored or deceitful.

In reporting the news, journalists regularly edit interviews – for time, space or clarity. In making these edits, 60 Minutes is always guided by the truth and what we believe will be most informative to the viewing public – all while working within the constraints of broadcast television.

The issue here concerns one question from 60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris: whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is listening to the Biden-Harris Administration. We broadcast a longer portion of the vice president’s answer on Face the Nation and broadcast a shorter excerpt from the same answer on 60 Minutes the next day. Each excerpt reflects the substance of the vice president’s answer. As the full transcript shows, we edited the interview to ensure that as much of the vice president’s answers to 60 Minutes’ many questions were included in our original broadcast while fairly representing those answers. 60 Minutes’ hard-hitting questions of the vice president speak for themselves.

Regardless, the FCC is reportedly still investigating whether CBS News showed political bias against Trump during the 2024 race.

At the same time that the transcript was released, Carr made the announcement to X, formerly Twitter, stating, “CBS did not ask for confidential or non-public treatment of these materials.”

Meanwhile, Semafor reporter Max Tani summarized the controversy by pointing out, “60 Minutes just ran the sentence directly after the one that was in the initial Face The Nation clip. It’s the same kinda non-answer both times, but it’s the answer to the same question.”

Watch the clip above via CBS News.

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