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Trump sued CBS over the “60 Minutes” interview with Harris, claiming $10 billion in damages for alleged partisan manipulation in news coverage.
The Trump lawsuit claims the edit was intended to obscure Harris’ shortcomings and mislead viewers. (AP Photo)
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News, claiming that a recent 60 Minutes interview with Vice President and Democratic rival Kamala Harris was misleading and edited in his favor. .
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Northern District of Texas, alleges CBS engaged in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference,” which Trump describes as “deceptive manipulation of the news.”
‘Word Salad’
The controversy centered around an interview with Harris by popular host Bill Whitaker that aired on October 6. Trump’s legal team argues that CBS presented two different versions of Harris’s answers to a question about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, with what they refer to being removed from the broadcast. As a “word salad” response from the US Vice President regarding US foreign policy.
BREAKING: Donald Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion for “deceptively manipulating” Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview. According to Fox News, Trump is directly accusing CBS of election interference to help Harris.
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‘Edited in a misleading manner’
The lawsuit comes after the former US president threatened to take CBS to court last week and asked the outlet to release the unedited transcript of Harris’ interview.
The new lawsuit claims, “CBS and the producers of 60 Minutes intentionally misled the public by airing and posting a carefully, misleadingly edited interview and transcript while choosing to release other portions online.” The purpose of such manipulative editing was to mislead voters about Kamala’s lack of abilities. , intelligence, and appeal.”
CBS rejected the claims
The lawsuit claims the editing was intended to hide Harris’ shortcomings and mislead viewers. In response to the lawsuit, a CBS spokesperson said Trump’s allegations are baseless and that the network did not alter the interview to mislead the public. According to The Hill newspaper, the American news outlet stressed that 60 Minutes aimed to present the interviews accurately and fairly.
CBS also noted that it is standard practice for news outlets to edit interviews for clarity and time constraints. The lawsuit comes just days before the November 5 presidential election, where Trump is currently leading in the polls against Harris. Trump’s legal filing demands a jury trial and compensation for the network’s continued lies and misleading actions.
Trump has been vocal about his dissatisfaction with CBS for several weeks, even threatening to revoke the network’s broadcast license if he wins the election. He initially agreed to an interview with 60 Minutes, but later backed out after learning that it would involve fact-checking.
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Washington DC, United States of America (USA)