CBS staffers upset over '60 Minutes' drama, admit Kamala Harris interview edits were an 'unforced error'

CBS News staffers are reportedly becoming progressively upset astir the play unfolding implicit the "60 Minutes" Kamala Harris interrogation astatine the halfway of a large ineligible controversy. 

Puck News reported Wednesday astir the "mixed emotions" from staffers pursuing comments made by "60 Minutes" enforcement shaper Bill Owens, who told his colleagues astatine Monday's gathering that the edit was "perfectly fine."

"'Is the edit fine?' 1 CBS News insider asked rhetorically. ‘It’s evidently an unforced error.'" Puck News wrote. "Several sources said the discrepancy was preventable, and argued that Owens and ‘60 Minutes’ should person taken greater attraction to guarantee consistency betwixt the 2 interrogation clips, particularly fixed the precocious stakes of the statesmanlike predetermination and the scrutiny astatine the clip connected Harris’s show successful interviews."

Many astatine the web are pointing fingers astatine Owens "for leaving them susceptible to this concern successful the archetypal place," Puck News told readers.

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The earthy transcript showed CBS aired 2 antithetic portions of the aforesaid effect then-Vice President Kamala Harris gave to "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker. (Screenshots/CBS News)

According to the report, staffers astatine Monday's gathering mulled issuing a nationalist connection "or adjacent resigning," thing correspondents Scott Pelley and Anderson Cooper pushed backmost on. Cooper reportedly warned the rebellious staffers that determination were fewer to nary alternatives successful the existent weakening media scenery wherever they could nutrient specified work. 

There is besides expanding anxiousness implicit the prospects of CBS News settling President Trump's $10 cardinal lawsuit, thing genitor institution Paramount's controlling shareholder Shari Redstone is successful favour of, which has staffers "quietly rebelling."

"Everyone at the network, each the mode up to CBS News C.E.O. Wendy McMahon, opposes the colony and views it arsenic a gross incursion connected property freedom," Puck News wrote. 

CBS News did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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CBS News insiders are reportedly pointing fingers astatine "60 Minutes" enforcement shaper Bill Owens for greenlighting the "unforced error" with the Harris interview.  (Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission released the unedited transcript and footage that CBS News handed implicit arsenic portion of the agency's probe into whether the web violated the FCC's "news distortion" argumentation aft a ailment was filed.

The earthy transcript showed CBS News had aired lone the archetypal fractional of her effect to "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker's question astir Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not "listening" to the Biden medication successful a preview clip that aired connected "Face the Nation," but aired lone the 2nd fractional of her effect during the primetime special. 

"But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening," Whitaker said successful the exchange. "The Wall Street Journal said that helium – that your medication has repeatedly been blindsided by Netanyahu, and successful fact, helium has rebuffed conscionable astir each of your administration's entreaties."

"Well, Bill, the enactment that we person done has resulted successful a fig of movements successful that portion by Israel that were precise overmuch prompted by, oregon a effect of galore things, including our advocacy for what needs to hap successful the region. And we're not going to halt doing that. We are not going to halt pursuing what is indispensable for the United States to beryllium wide astir wherever we basal connected the request for this warfare to end," Harris responded. 

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said CBS News' behaviour is "hard to explain" pursuing the merchandise of the earthy transcript and footage of the network's "60 Minutes" interrogation with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

CBS News released the transcript and footage arsenic well, defending however the Harris interrogation was presented. 

"As the afloat transcript shows, we edited the interrogation to guarantee that arsenic overmuch of the vice president's answers to 60 Minutes' galore questions were included successful our archetypal broadcast portion reasonably representing those answers. 60 Minutes' hard-hitting questions of the vice president talk for themselves," CBS News wrote connected its website. 

In a preview clip that aired connected "Face the Nation," Whitaker asked his question to Harris astir Netanyahu not "listening" to the U.S. 

"Well, Bill, the enactment that we person done has resulted successful a fig of movements successful that portion by Israel that were precise overmuch prompted by, oregon a effect of, galore things, including our advocacy for what needs to hap successful the region," Harris responded successful the "Face the Nation" clip. 

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Harris was mocked by conservatives for offering a lengthy "word salad" to Whitaker. But erstwhile that aforesaid question aired the pursuing nighttime successful the primetime predetermination special, a shorter, much focused answer from the vice president followed.

"We are not going to halt pursuing what is indispensable for the United States to beryllium wide astir wherever we basal connected the request for this warfare to end," Harris said.

President Trump filed a $10 cardinal suit against CBS News alleging predetermination interference implicit the airing of 2 responses that aired from the "60 Minutes" interrogation with Harris. (Left: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images), Center: Screenshot/60Minutes, Right: (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images))

Critics accused CBS News of editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield the vice president from further backlash, and determination were calls for the web to merchandise the afloat transcript aft it lone shared transcripts of what had aired. CBS News refused to merchandise the earthy transcript astatine the time.

In October, Trump filed a $10 cardinal suit against CBS News alleging predetermination interference implicit its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview, accusing the web of aiding his Democratic rival done deceptive editing conscionable days earlier the election.

"To insubstantial implicit Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS utilized its nationalist level connected 60 Minutes to transverse the enactment from the workout of judgement successful reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news," the suit stated.

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Trump attorneys argued the edits were done successful an effort to "attempt to extremity the scales successful favour of the Democratic Party arsenic the heated 2024 Presidential Election — which President Trump is starring — approaches its conclusion."