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Ex-CBS staffers call for outside probe of ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala edit, ‘UNPRECEDENTED SCANDAL! Trump wants license yanked

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CBS News continues to refuse to release the full, unedited transcript of the “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris even amid growing pressure to do so.

The Democratic presidential nominee’s comments about Israel in the interview with correspondent Bill Whitaker that aired this week came under fire as it appeared the network edited her response. Harris’s response to the question about the administration’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was different in the preview clip that aired on Sunday’s “Face The Nation” from the one in Monday’s primetime airing.

Now, former CBS News staffers have joined the critics and are demanding there be an independent investigation into the editing.

“I think there should be an outside investigation,” one former CBS News journalist told the New York Post. “Obviously, there’s a problem here. If they care about journalistic integrity, they would conduct an investigation or release the full transcript.”

“Their credibility has been called into question and their impartiality has been called into question,” a second source said. “Don’t you need a full-throated review of what went wrong?”

The Post noted that, despite repeated requests, CBS declined to release the transcript or to comment on any pending investigation, adding that the network “has a history of both releasing full transcripts of its news programs and launching probes.”

“Why is the answer to the same question so different?” a former CBS News staffer asked. “This needs to be answered. Was this answer the continuation of a longer answer or was it an answer that came much later in the interview.”

“’60 Minutes’ holds itself to the highest journalistic standards,” the former staffer told The Post. “Releasing the transcript would answer everyone’s questions and it would allow them to stand behind the integrity of the story they broadcast.”

“The stakes are too high. It’s a presidential election. Trump is asking for the transcript and journalists are asking for answers,” the source added.

Former President Trump has called out the apparent edit and, in a Thursday post on Truth Social, demanded that CBS lose its broadcast license over the controversy.

“A giant Fake News Scam by CBS & 60 Minutes,” Trump wrote, adding side-by-side clips.

“Her REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer in order to save her or, at least, make her look better. A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is totally illegal,” the Republican presidential nominee added.

“TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE,” he wrote. “Election Interference. She is a Moron, and the Fake News Media wants to hide that fact. An UNPRECEDENTED SCANDAL!!! The Dems got them to do this and should be forced to concede the Election? WOW!”

Trump referred to the scandal during a speech to the Detroit Economic Club.

“The other big news is the fraud committed by ‘60 Minutes’ and CBS together with the Democrat Party, working together with them, which will go down as the single biggest scandal in broadcast history, I predict,” Trump said.

“While repeated attacks against broadcast stations by the former President may now be familiar, these threats against free speech are serious and should not be ignored,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement criticizing Trump’s remarks.

“As I’ve said before, the First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy. The FCC does not and will not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage,” she added.

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