Former CBS staffers call for 'outside investigation' into '60 Minutes' controversy: 'There's a problem here'

Former CBS News staffers are reportedly calling connected the web to motorboat an outer probe into the ongoing "60 Minutes" editing controversy.

CBS News has been astatine the halfway of outrage aft it aired an edited clip of Vice President Kamala Harris during its primetime "60 Minutes" predetermination peculiar Monday that was antithetic from a preview of the unflattering speech she had with seasoned analogous Bill Whitaker that was wide panned by critics. 

"I deliberation determination should beryllium an extracurricular investigation," a erstwhile CBS News writer told The New York Post connected Thursday. 

"Obviously, there’s a occupation here. If they attraction astir journalistic integrity, they would behaviour an probe oregon merchandise the afloat transcript," the ex-CBS writer added.

CBS ‘60 MINUTES’ AIRS TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM VP HARRIS TO THE SAME QUESTION

"60 Minutes" aired an edited speech betwixt analogous Bill Whitaker Vice President Kamala Harris for its primetime predetermination peculiar aft airing the Democrat's unflattering comments successful a preview clip. (Screenshots/CBS News)

"Their credibility has been called into question and their impartiality has been called into question," a 2nd root told The Post. "Don’t you request a full-throated reappraisal of what went wrong?"

According to The Post, the CBS sources suggested the web bring backmost Al Ortiz, its erstwhile standards and practices enforcement director, to behaviour an extracurricular review. Ortiz retired successful 2012 aft moving astatine CBS for 43 years.

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

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Former CBS staffers are calling connected the web to motorboat an extracurricular probe to look into the "60 Minutes" controversy, according to The New York Post.  (Getty Images)

The contention stems from an speech Harris had with Whitaker astir the Biden administration's narration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with 1 reply released successful a preview clip that aired connected Sunday's "Face The Nation" and different successful Monday's primetime special. 

Harris was mocked by conservatives Sunday for offering a lengthy "word salad" erstwhile she was asked wherefore it seemed similar Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S. However, the vice president’s lengthy reply didn’t marque the mentation that aired connected Monday nighttime and a different, shorter, much focused reply to the aforesaid question was shown instead. 

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"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 Sunday's "Face the Nation" version. 

Sometimes interviews are edited to prevention time, but erstwhile CBS aired the interrogation connected Monday night, Harris was shown giving a antithetic effect to the aforesaid question.

"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 instead. 

Former President Trump slammed CBS News for its "unprecedented scandal" and called for the web to suffer its broadcasting license. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio; Screenshot/CBS News)

Critics person accused CBS News of aiding the Harris run by cleaning up her messy reply for the network's primetime audience. 

Former President Trump blasted CBS News, calling for the web to suffer its broadcasting licence implicit what helium declared "the azygous biggest ungraded successful broadcast history."

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"A elephantine Fake News Scam by CBS & 60 Minutes," Trump wrote Thursday connected Truth Social. "Her REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, truthful they really REPLACED it with different reply successful bid to prevention her or, astatine least, marque her look better. A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is wholly illegal." 

"TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE," helium continued. "Election Interference. She is simply a Moron, and the Fake News Media wants to fell that fact. An UNPRECEDENTED SCANDAL!!! The Dems got them to bash this and should beryllium forced to concede the Election? WOW!"

The Harris campaign insists it had thing to bash with the edit, with an adjutant telling Fox News Digital, "We bash not power CBS's accumulation decisions and notation questions to CBS."