That unedited “60 Minutes” transcript that took so long for CBS to release is a smoking gun. We finally got to see it today:

BILL WHITAKER: “We supply Israel with billions of dollars in military aid, and yet, Prime Minister Netanyahu seems to be charting his own course. The Biden administration The Biden Harris administration has pressed him to agree to a ceasefire. He’s resisted. You urged him not to go into Lebanon. He went in anyway. He has promised to make Iran pay for the missile attack, and that has the potential of expanding the war. Does the US have no sway over Prime Minister Netanyahu?”

KAMALA HARRIS [the response shown on Face the Nation]: “Well, let’s start with this, um, on this subject. The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles…that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel. And I think that is the most recent example of why what we do to assist in their defense around military aid is important. And when we think about the threat that Hamas, Hezbollah presents, Iran, um, I think that it is without any question our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks. Now the work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles which include the need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages and and create a ceasefire and we’re not gonna stop in terms of putting that pressure on Israel and and in the region including with other leaders in the region including Arab leaders.”

Now Harris’s supposed answer to the same question shown on “60 Minutes: “[T]he work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles…”

Note that this is not only in the middle of her actual answer, it’s the middle of a sentence that wasn’t broadcast in its entirety.

Next, the question heard on both “Face the Nation” and “60 Minutes“:

WHITAKER: “But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.”

What he really said: “The Wall Street Journal said that your administration has repeatedly been blindsided by Netanyahu, and, in fact, he has rebuffed just about all of your administration’s entreaties.”

That part of the question reflects poorly on the Biden Administration, so it was cut. Here’s how Harris answered the question according to the unedited transcript:

HARRIS: “Well Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region. And we’re not gonna stop doing that…we’re not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”

“Face the Nation” used the first part of the answer, a typical Harris “word salad.” But the “60 Minutes” audience only heard the last sentence where Harris more or less made sense:

“We’re not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”

This is news distortion. It is fine for CBS to claim that it frequently edits responses for time and clarity, but Harris’s inability to answer questions clearly and to avoid sounding like a babbling idiot was a major issue in the campaign. Eliminating responses that seemed to prove that this frequent criticism of Harris was warranted either constituted an illicit attempt to advance her candidacy or astounding incompetence. In the context of CBS’s constant bias in favor of Democrats and against Trump, the latter seems like the far less likely explanation.

It is no defense that both versions of the Harris interview were shown on CBS. “60 Minutes” is an evening show seen by a far larger and more politically diverse audience than “Face the Nation.”

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Source: Newsbusters