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CBS ’s 60 Minutes is being place by Trump once again , over the show ’s reporting on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Greenland .
Despite report card last hebdomad that both sides had agreed to a mediator to fall the $ 20B causa aimed at the media company and the long - bleed connection newsmagazine over its 2024 consultation with VPKamala Harris , POtuSDonald Trumpis back on the social media warpath , aim Paramount Global , CBS News , and CBS’s60 Minutesonce again – this time , for two news report on Sunday eventide broadcast . " Almost every week , 60 Minutes , which is being sued for Billions of dollar for the pretender they committed in the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of fail Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris , mentions the name ' TRUMP ' in a derogative and denigrating way , but this Weekend ’s ' BROADCAST ' transcend them all , " Trump ranted online .
Trump die on to sing his own kudos about his suit , even calling on the Federal Censorship Commissar ( sorry … must ’ve misread something … )COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONERBrendan Carrto aid him with his hurt tone by imposing " maximal mulct and punishment , which is substantial , for their unlawful and illegal behaviour . " In a dramatic snatch of irony and projecting , Trump sum , " CBS is out of control condition , at levels never see before , and they should pay a openhanded price for this . " Now , here ’s a look back at the timeline regarding CBS’s60 Minutesand Trump :
“60 Minutes” & Donald Trump: A Timeline
In October 2024 , the long - flow intelligence powder magazine aired its traditional primetime election special – focusing solely on VP Harris and her VP pick , Gov. Tim Walz . But before the special broadcast , newsworthiness anchorScott Pelleyaddressed why Trump was not a part of it . After noting that design were for an audience with Trump to take place at Mar - A - Lago and to shoot Trump during a rally in Butler , Pennsylvania , Pelley mention thatSteven Cheung , Trump ’s communications director , was in communication with the tidings magazine about nail down plan . grant to Pelley , that deepen a calendar week prior to the particular spreading , when the Trump movement back out and began offering " shift explanation " as to the reason ,
Those " explanations " rank from the military campaign accept return with Trump ’s and Vance ’s Bible being fact - checked to Trump needing " an apology for his interview in 2020 . " The interview that he ’s referencing was with correspondentLesley Stahl , with Trump exact that Stahl say that the argument surrounding Hunter Biden ’s laptop originated in Russie ( Pelley : " She never say that " ) . " Trump has aver his opponent does n’t do interviews because she ca n’t treat them . He had antecedently declined another debate with Harris . So tonight may have been the largest interview for the candidates between now and Election Day , " Pelley add .
For more than half a century , the major party candidates for president have sat down with 60 Minutes . This year , Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump accept our invitation . Unfortunately , last week Trump canceled.https://t.co/7t5jr5nyFJpic.twitter.com/VDJDDNYFab
— 60 Minutes ( @60Minutes)October 8 , 2024
The Trump hunting expedition kick in shifting explanation , including concerns that we would fact - hold back the interview . We fact - check every story . Both campaigns understood this special would go , even if one candidate indorse out . So , next is@BillWhitakerCBSwith Kamala Harris .
After the audience with Harris aired , Trump begin accusing60 Minutesof rig the consultation , editing it to make VP Harris look good . Well , the long - running news magazine was n’t about to allow those accusation go unanswered . " Former President Donald Trump is accusing ' 60 Minutes ' of fallacious redaction of our Oct. 7 audience with Vice President Kamala Harris . That is pretended , " the CBS show postedin a statement . " ' 60 Minutes ' gave an selection of our interview to ' face up the Nation ' that used a longer section of her solvent than that on ' 60 Minutes . ' Same question . Same answer . But a different percentage of the response . When we edit any audience , whether a politician , an athlete , or movie star , we endeavour to be clear , exact and on point . The part of her solvent on ' 60 Minutes ' was more summary , which allows time for other subjects in a wide - ranging 21 - minute - tenacious segment . "
From there,60 Minutesreminded everyone of who was responsible for Trump not being interviewed – Trump . " think , Mr. Trump pull out of his interview with ' 60 Minutes , ' and the vice president take part . Our long - standing invitation to former President Trump remain open . If he would care to discuss the issue facing the nation and the Harris interview , we would be happy to have him on 60 Minutes . "
In February 2025 , the intelligence program post online all of the materials that it handed over to the FCC – admit full transcript and video from three disjoined audience . " We are posting the same transcripts and video of our interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that we provide to the FCC . They show – consistent with ' 60 Minutes " repeat assurances to the populace – that the ' 60 Minutes ' broadcast was not doctored or two-faced . In reporting the news , diary keeper regularly redact interviews – for time , quad , or clarity . In making these edits , ' 60 Minutes ' is always pass by the the true and what we believe will be most informative to the viewing world – all while working within the restraint of broadcast television system , " begin the statement on the post that went live on the CBS News website in the beginning today ( which you could condition out here ) .
" The issue here concerns one question from 60 Minutes ' interview with Kamala Harris : whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heed to the Biden - Harris Administration , " the financial statement go on . " We broadcast a longer portion of the vice president ’s solvent on ' Face the Nation ' and spread a poor extract from the same answer on ' 60 Minutes ' the next day . Each selection reverberate the centre of the vice president ’s answer . As the full transcript show , we edited the consultation to insure that as much of the frailty president ’s resolution to ' 60 Minutes " many question were include in our original broadcast while fairly representing those answers . ' 60 Minutes " hard - impinge on doubt of the vice president speak for themselves . "
From there , the long - run news show include links to three full - length transcripts of interviews with VP Harris , including the one at her abidance , the one that was a " pass and talk " with VP Harris , and the one with VP Harris and former CongresswomanLiz Cheney . In increase , there were connection to videos of each of those three audience sessions – as well as a link supply all of the transcripts that were provided to the FXX ( " many of which are duplicates that excogitate sound recording from additional camera angles " ) .
In March , Paramount and CBS filed two motions to send away the lawsuit , calling it an " affront to the First Amendment . " The following calendar month , their lawyer filed another motion asking the complainant to produce the document requested in discovery . " Despite their insistency that discovery move forwards , plaintiff have shown very piddling desire to produce their own document , relying on groundless objections and postponement tactic , " Paramount and CBS ’s lawyersstated .
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