Yeah, it’s bad.
The FCC and CBS have released the unedited version of former Vice President and one-time presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview. A CBS source told The New York Post on Wednesday that the original edit did Harris “a lot of favors and makes her seem more succinct.”
FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered CBS News to hand over the unedited transcript to investigate whether the network violated the FCC’s “news distortion” policy after a complaint was filed.
Specifically, Harris’ answers on the Middle East and Israel were noticed to be heavily truncated.
CBS defended the edits as standard practice for “time, space, or clarity” in a statement this week.
“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,” CBS News wrote. 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.”
“CBS’s conduct is hard to explain,” Carr told Fox News Digital. “On the one hand, CBS immediately released the unredacted transcript of a recent interview with Vice President Vance. Yet for months they refused to release the one with Vice President Harris.”
“The FCC has now opened up a proceeding and is seeking public comment on the News Distortion complaint. Transparency here is important. The FCC’s review will continue, and we look forward to the public’s feedback,” Carr added.
Users on X reacted to the unedited interview — many were shocked at the difference.
Check out some of the reactions below:
The FULL UNEDITED 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign has been released…
It's worse than we thought.
Here it is… If you dare: pic.twitter.com/b17sjYRzte
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) February 5, 2025
Kamala Harris looked like she was on the verge of throwing up seconds before her 60 Minutes interview.
She was and never will in any way shape or form prepared to run this country… pic.twitter.com/8E40WlUrsD
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 5, 2025
I just read and listened to the full unedited @KamalaHarris – @60Minutes interview and I know why they needed to edit it down: it was simply horrible. Total pablum answers, meandering and boring. @BillWhitakerCBS tried to press the best he could, but she kept leaning on word…
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) February 5, 2025
Compared the 60 Minutes interview to the RAW footage, it's a totally different interview.
They cut & spliced every single nonsensical word salad answer into something that made Kamala Harris appear competent & concise
It's unbelievable, literally the entire interview was fake👇 https://t.co/5qLQeV49Ja pic.twitter.com/Kq4ZOhQEiX
— Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 6, 2025
WATCH🚨: Kamala Harris struggled to explain how she would finance her proposals during a "60 Minutes" interview, eventually suggesting that tax increases would be necessary. This portion of the interview was not broadcast by "60 Minutes."
We all have been truly unburdened… pic.twitter.com/K2vZHJZ3mS
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) February 6, 2025
CBS has finally released the full unedited version of Kamala Harris's disastrous 60 minutes interview and it's just about as horrible as you might have guessed. pic.twitter.com/8PESvXFgjy
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 5, 2025
The FCC ordered the original 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris to be made public, and it's out.
Trump claimed the interview was rigged—and he was right again.
We've learned they actually filmed 60 minutes, but aired 1/3 of that…a mere 20 minutes.
Kamala rambled in MANY… pic.twitter.com/03R4lB6y9K
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) February 5, 2025
America truly dodged a bullet…
60 minutes has produced the entire interview of Kamala Harris which proves that she’s certifiably retarded. pic.twitter.com/o78mVtU8Nz
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) February 5, 2025
Some refused to watch the unedited version at all.
I refuse to watch 60 minutes of uncut Kamala Harris. I don’t believe in self torture. Donald Trump won. No reason to remind myself how bad she sucked. 😂😂No Thank you! pic.twitter.com/cXs2p6WA1a
— Common Cent$ (@Common_Cent1) February 6, 2025