Staff Reports
Former President Trump has once again turned the spotlight on mainstream media’s double standards, this time targeting CBS News for its less-than-stellar editing of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump accused the network of “deceitful editing” to hide Harris’s incompetence, a charge CBS promptly dismissed while defiantly suggesting that at least Harris showed up to be interviewed, in stark contrast to Trump’s absence. It’s unclear whether CBS’s response was meant to be taken seriously or simply tossed onto the liberal media’s pile of laughable excuses.
In a statement that drips with the sort of gall only found in leftist circles, CBS claimed that the edited clip of Harris’s response wasn’t a matter of message-massaging, but merely an effort to trim the fat for clarity in a broader segment. The response sparked a few chuckles, considering how delightfully amusing it is that they thought viewers would buy the idea that they merely “tightened up” Harris’s rather verbose and confusing answer about Israel to make it, well, more watchable. Judgment calls in editing typically involve ensuring statements are coherent and logical, two skills that Harris has singularly failed to demonstrate time and time again in her public appearances.
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
Yup pic.twitter.com/s3KT0DbMm4
— Liberacrat™️ (@Liberacrat) October 10, 2024
The editing team at CBS must have had their work cut out for them, since Harris’s original answer was a classic example of the Vice President’s trademark word salad – a blend of phrases that sound vaguely complete but, upon closer inspection, mean very little at all. Interestingly, Trump’s criticism didn’t revolve merely around journalistic ethics; it’s more about the lengths the network would go to polish Harris’s public image. CBS isn’t just in the Hail Mary business of editing out the embarrassing bits; they seem to be actively attempting to reshape reality, leaving viewers questioning how much they can trust what’s being presented on their screens.
Inviting Trump for an interview to discuss the edited piece almost feels like a half-hearted attempt at damage control on CBS’s part. It’s as if the network thinks pulling Trump on their soundstage would lend him credence as a serious commentator when the reality is that the former President would probably roll his eyes at their ill-fated attempt at deception dressed in journalistic robes. Trump, ever the savvy political strategist, is unlikely to accept any invitation that positions Harris’s bumbling as merely a minor slip-up in an otherwise stellar political career.
The former President also noted that CBS has a hallowed tradition of editorializing his comments in less-than-favorable ways, twisting narratives to fit their liberal agenda. While they might consider their editing choices part of journalistic craftsmanship, conservatives see it for what it is: an ongoing campaign to undermine figures who run against their preferred political narrative. So, while CBS accuses Trump of antics on cable news, it’s quite rich coming from a network that has perfected the art of deception. After all, if Harris didn’t have a long history of baffling statements, perhaps CBS would feel less compelled to script her answers.
In the end, Trump’s fiery commentary on CBS’s recent attempts unearthed more than just a simple case of network bungling. It revealed a pervasive tendency among mainstream media to protect certain politicians while relentlessly attacking others. For conservative viewers, it’s a classic case of “watch what they do, not what they say.” Whether it’s edited interviews or critical coverage, the GOP has been on the receiving end of media bias for far too long, and it seems like CBS is just the latest example of the fray. The question now remains: how far will they go to keep the spinning wheel of liberal journalism turning?
