Trump sues CBS News for $10B over edits of ‘60 Minutes’ Harris interview

Nov 01, 2024

Craig Nigrelli Reporter

By Craig Nigrelli (Reporter), Alex Delia (Producer), Jack Henry (Video Editor)

Former President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News on Thursday, Oct. 31, accusing the network of manipulating an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “60 Minutes.” Trump’s legal team claims the network’s editing misrepresented Harris’ answer in a way that could influence the 2024 election.

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The lawsuit alleges that CBS engaged in “deceptive broadcasting conduct,” specifically by using a selectively edited clip of Harris to promote the interview. Trump’s team argues the clip was an attempt to portray Harris in a more favorable light.

CBS News is rejecting a legal threat from former President Donald Trump regarding a '60 Minutes' interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. — Getty Images

According to court filings, the full interview aired with a different response from Harris than what was shown in the promotional clip. That led Trump to claim the edit was a partisan act aimed at deceiving voters.

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Trump’s attorneys argue that CBS’ actions amount to unlawful election interference. They claim it misinformed the public and inflicting harm on Trump’s campaign and supporters.

The former president is also requesting a jury trial. He asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider revoking CBS’ broadcast license over what he calls “malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion.”

Fox News also faced controversy last month, amid allegations of using similar editing tactics to condense Trump’s answers during a barbershop interview on “Fox & Friends.”

CBS News hasn’t responded to the lawsuit or the allegations.

Tags: 2024 Elections, CBS News, Donald Trump, Fox News, Kamala Harris, Lawsuit, TV ratings

[Craig]

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SUING CBS NEWS FOR A WHOPPING 10 BILLION DOLLARS. THE SUIT CLAIMS CBS DOCTORED AN INTERVIEW WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ON ‘60 MINUTES.’

THE CONTROVERSY CENTERS ON AN EDITED CLIP OF HARRIS’S INTERVIEW, WITH CLAIMS FROM TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM THAT IT PAINTS A MISLEADING PICTURE. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, THE PROMOTIONAL CLIP FOR THE INTERVIEW SHOWED AN EDITED ANSWER FROM HARRIS, DIFFERING FROM WHAT AIRED IN THE FULL EPISODE. TRUMP ALLEGES THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL MOVE BY CBS TO FAVOR THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM ACCUSES CBS OF WHAT THEY’RE CALLING ‘DECEPTIVE BROADCASTING CONDUCT’ WITH THE INTENT OF INTERFERING WITH THE ELECTION, FOX NEWS REPORTED. THEY CLAIM THIS ‘NEWS DISTORTION’ MISLED THE PUBLIC AND EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST IT AIMED TO ‘PAPER OVER’ WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS HARRIS’S STRUGGLE TO DELIVER A CLEAR RESPONSE.

THE LAWSUIT STATES, ‘CBS’S PARTISAN AND UNLAWFUL ACTS OF ELECTION AND VOTER INTERFERENCE THROUGH MALICIOUS, DECEPTIVE, AND SUBSTANTIAL NEWS DISTORTION WERE CALCULATED TO CONFUSE, DECEIVE, AND MISLEAD THE PUBLIC.’

ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE, TRUMP’S TEAM SAYS HE WANTS A JURY TRIAL, AND THEY’VE ALSO CALLED ON THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO PULL CBS’S BROADCAST LICENSE.

AND WHILE THE CBS IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS LEGAL DRAMA, FOX NEWS ALSO FACED CONTROVERSY LAST MONTH, AMID ALLEGATIONS OF USING SIMILAR EDITING TACTICS TO CONDENSE TRUMP’S ANSWERS DURING A BARBERSHOP INTERVIEW ON FOX AND FRIENDS.

CBS NEWS HAS NOT RESPONDED YET TO THE SUIT… THEY ALSO REFUSED TO RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE HARRIS INTERVIEW, CITING FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS.

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