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Even Traditional GOP Allies Are Urging The FCC To End Its Baseless Attack On CBS, 60 Minutes

The FCC, led by Commissioner Brendan Carr, is investigating a complaint against CBS for allegedly distorting a Kamala Harris interview on '60 Minutes' by splicing different footage together.
CBS maintains that the edits were standard journalistic practices and insists that the edits were necessary due to time constraints.
The complaint was filed by the Center for American Rights, which has received support from Donald Trump, who is suing CBS for $20 billion.
An investigation into this complaint will continue, emphasizing the FCC's role in upholding journalistic standards during the sensitive pre-election period.

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FCC Makes Decision on Whether to Proceed With '60 Minutes' Kamala Harris Interview Investigation

Just weeks before the presidential election, CBS is under fire for editing a Kamala Harris interview on “60 Minutes” by blending it with footage from another show. The FCC says it won’t dismiss a complaint alleging news distortion — and an investigation is now underway. Key Facts: CBS is accused of editing a Kamala Harris interview by combining footage from “60 Minutes” and “Face the Nation.” The complaint was filed by the Center for American R…

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FCC Rejects CBS Attempt To Dismiss Complaint Over Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview

The FCC rejected CBS’s attempt to get a compliant over their 60 minutes interview with Kamala Harris dismissed. Trump has sued CBS for $20 billion. New York Post reported: The FCC on Tuesday shot down CBS’s bid to immediately dismiss a complaint from a conservative group over the controversial “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris just weeks before the election. The show drew criticism from the Center for Am…

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FCC Commissioner rejects CBS effort to dismiss complaint over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' interview

Carr told Reuters that he was not open to immediately dismissing the complaint, and that there was still an active investigation into the discrepancy.

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Even Traditional GOP Allies Are Urging The FCC To End Its Baseless Attack On CBS, 60 Minutes

Last October, Trump sued CBS claiming (falsely) that a 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris had been “deceitfully edited” to her benefit (they simply shortened some of her answers for brevity, as news outlets often do). As Mike explored, the lawsuit was utterly baseless, and tramples the First Amendment, editorial discretion, and common sense. CBS/Paramount is looking for…

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Former FCC officials urge Chairman Brendan Carr to close CBS News probe

Brendan Carr participates in a panel discussion at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) Five former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials have urged FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to drop the agency’s probe into Paramount Global and CBS News that is connected to a “60 Minutes” interview that aired last year. This week, the five ex-officials — three Democrats and two Republicans — said the investigati…

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