About 85% of Americans want CBS to release the full transcript of Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent interview on “60 Minutes.” According to a new Harvard poll, more than half of Americans believe CBS edited the interview to present Harris in a more favorable light.
Calls for transparency have gained bipartisan support, with 87% of Democrats, 88% of Republicans and 80% of independents wanting to see or read the unedited version of the interview.
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While it is common for broadcast networks to edit interviews for clarity and time purposes, they also frequently release full transcripts. CBS has precedent for this. The network released a full transcript for a 2020 interview with former President Donald Trump, as well as for a 2019 interview with Attorney General William Barr regarding Robert Mueller’s investigation. More recently, CBS released the full transcript of its interview with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell this year.
Former CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge, who conducted the 2020 interview with Trump, is among those urging her former network to treat Harris’ interview similarly and release the transcript.
NEW CONTEXT:
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 9, 2024
As Trump campaign calls on @60Minutes to release “full, unedited transcript” of Kamala Harris interview…
There is precedent.
When I interviewed then President Trump in July 2020 @CBSNews we posted the interview transcript.
This is more complete and NOT… pic.twitter.com/Rb7QU5nwlQ
Despite the growing push for transparency, CBS has not indicated whether it will release the “60 Minutes” transcript and has not commented on the edited answers from Harris.
