Former President Donald Trump’s criticism of CBS’ “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris has triggered the predictable legacy media meltdown. It’s unfortunate.
Trump and Harris supporters should demand CBS come clean about why the network significantly altered Harris’ responses on the Biden-Harris administration’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In ordinary times, all honest, professional journalists and specifically media critics would be dissecting the striking lapse in journalistic ethics at CBS.
On the Oct. 6 broadcast of “Face the Nation,” the network played an excerpt of the full “60 Minutes” interview that would air on prime time the next day. In the preview, CBS correspondent Bill Whitaker first asks Harris whether the U.S. has any “sway” over Netanyahu, and the vice president responds…
