CBS Election Interference

[crazed_hoosier2]

How do we know they release everything?

I was thinking about that.

Hopefully the footage will have timestamps. If it does, we’ll know for sure. If it doesn’t, we won’t be able to tell.

Even better is if it does have timestamps and can see there are Nixonian missing seconds from the footage.

If I was Trump, I’d insist that the timestamps be on there…before they release it.

 

[stollcpa]

I was thinking about that.

Hopefully the footage will have timestamps. If it does, we’ll know for sure. If it doesn’t, we won’t be able to tell.

Even better is if it does have timestamps and can see there are Nixonian missing seconds from the footage.

If I was Trump, I’d insist that the timestamps be on there…before they release it.

CBS couldn’t care less what Trump thinks or says.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

CBS couldn’t care less what Trump thinks or says.

They do right now.

But that’s not even the point. The point is to get out ahead of them in the PR battle, in the event that they’re even pondering editing the “unedited” version.

Such that, if it does come out without timestamps, he’ll still be one step ahead of them. Their step would’ve been right into a pile of dogshit.

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

CBS is releasing the unedited interview footage and transcript.

They really should’ve done this immediately. In fact, I think all news orgs should institute that practice with interviews of political actors.

Have an edited version…but also release the unedited footage online for everybody to evaluate. They really can’t argue “brevity” in today’s world.

Should be interesting to see what this looked like. Somebody’s going to have egg on their faces…and it might not be CBS News.

Doesn’t it stand to reason that this would have been released immediately if it had been good for Kamala? Certainly before the election.

 

[UncleMark]

I will say this much: CBS being obstinate about releasing it and doing it only under duress would suggest they did have something to hide.

Perhaps. But it could -- or should -- be their way of telling Trump to go fvck himself. I'm disappointed they buckled under. The lawsuit is meritless on its face and should have been summarily dismissed. (I'll let the shysters tell me how I'm wrong about that.)

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Perhaps. But it could -- or should -- be their way of telling Trump to go fvck himself. I'm disappointed they buckled under. The lawsuit is meritless on its face and should have been summarily dismissed. (I'll let the shysters tell me how I'm wrong about that.)

Food for thought…

- If CBS releasing the unedited video would’ve blown up in Trump’s face, don’t you think they’d have done that when he first started bitching about it? I would’ve, if I was them in that situation.

- While I totally share your unease with this kind of thing being done under government duress, I think news orgs should release everything voluntarily.

- Media transparency is a really good thing. Don’t you agree with that? They have a huge trust deficit. Doing what I’m suggesting would help them immensely in that regard.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Doesn’t it stand to reason that this would have been released immediately if it had been good for Kamala? Certainly before the election.

It does stand to good reason, yes.

But that doesn’t mean it’s dispositive. We can only determine that from actually seeing it.

So I’m glad we’ll finally get the chance to do that.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

I was scratching my head wondering why anyone still cared about this. Seemed like nothing much at the time even. Now I know why people "care:"

Paramount Global In Discussions With Donald Trump To Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview — Update

Paramount Global is in discussions with Donald Trump's team about settling his lawsuit against CBS over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

deadline.com

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

I was scratching my head wondering why anyone still cared about this. Seemed like nothing much at the time even. Now I know why people "care:"

Paramount Global In Discussions With Donald Trump To Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview — Update

Paramount Global is in discussions with Donald Trump's team about settling his lawsuit against CBS over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

deadline.com

“But Paramount Global is seeking the greenlight for its sale to Skydance, something that requires the regulatory approval of the Trump administration.”

And there’s the reason for the timing. Which is something I wondered about. That would indicate that CBS isn’t doing this willingly.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

I was scratching my head wondering why anyone still cared about this. Seemed like nothing much at the time even. Now I know why people "care:"

Paramount Global In Discussions With Donald Trump To Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview — Update

Paramount Global is in discussions with Donald Trump's team about settling his lawsuit against CBS over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

deadline.com

I think it seemed like a big deal at the time. And I could argue that it’s still a big deal now…but not simply because the merger is in Trump’s hands.

(As an aside, why does the government even have a say in this merger? It doesn’t seem like an antitrust issue. And if it’s about media consolidation, I’d say that it’s obsolete in today’s world. With legacy media companies, anyway. Social media is ruling the roost nowadays.)

If a media organization is doing something to misrepresent an interview with a politician - either to help them or to hurt them - I’d say it’s a big deal and is something people should know about.

Trust and independence in the press was big enough to make it into the 1st amendment. And I think it belongs there.

 

[dbmhoosier]

 

[hookyIU1990]

Sneak peek of the new Harris and Walz campaign documentary is out.

 

[Stuffshot]

All you can do is shake your head. MSM election interference is fine. We’re looking for the Russian boogieman while MSM spends all their time doing it.

Exclusive | Ex-CBS staffers call for outside probe of ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris amid editing scandal

The long-running news show has come under fire after allegedly cleaning up the Democratic presidential candidate’s answer to a question from “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitak…

nypost.com

Do you agree that Fox News is part of the "mainstream media"?

 

[mcmurtry66]

View embedded media

She’s burdened by what has been

 

[mattndallas]

Shorter example...

 

[mcmurtry66]

Shorter example...

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60 minutes has been no different than cnn msnbc etc for some time

 

[mattndallas]

60 minutes has been no different than cnn msnbc etc for some time

Last time I probably watched it was when they did that expose on Leach...



Shoulda hired him after Tech.

EDIT Ha!!! Trump cameo couple mins in. 👍

 

[Stuffshot]

60 minutes has been no different than cnn msnbc etc for some time

Does "cnn msnbc etc" as you posted include FoxNews?

 

[mcmurtry66]

Does "cnn msnbc etc" as you posted include FoxNews?

Yep

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

Do you agree that Fox News is part of the "mainstream media"?

Does "cnn msnbc etc" as you posted include FoxNews?

Not to speak for anyone else but yes, Fox is mainstream media. No better than the rest, just the other side.

We have a media problem in this country.

 

[All4You]

Do you agree that Fox News is part of the "mainstream media"?

Does "cnn msnbc etc" as you posted include FoxNews?

Of course they are. That said, you do realize that ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, NBC and MSNBC all predate Fox News hitting the airwaves right? They likely wouldn't exist at all, or at the very least skew so far to the right, if not for the others having leaned so far left for so long.

 

[UncleMark]

Of course they are. That said, you do realize that ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, NBC and MSNBC all predate Fox News hitting the airwaves right? They likely wouldn't exist at all, or at the very least skew so far to the right, if not for the others having leaned so far left for so long.

It's all your fault! You made me do it!!!

 

[All4You]

It's all your fault! You made me do it!!!

Yeah, that's it...

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

Of course they are. That said, you do realize that ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, NBC and MSNBC all predate Fox News hitting the airwaves right? They likely wouldn't exist at all, or at the very least skew so far to the right, if not for the others having leaned so far left for so long.

Not to mention that, in this case, we’re talking about 60 minutes, the preeminent news magazine in all of television history, blatantly lying to their viewers.

This isn’t Fox News channel we’re discussing here.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Not to mention that, in this case, we’re talking about 60 minutes, the preeminent news magazine in all of television history, blatantly lying to their viewers.

This isn’t Fox News channel we’re discussing here.

It’s sad. I don’t watch any network television other than sports. Not one thing. Haven’t seen snl in 25 years. No late night talk shows. None of it

 

[hoosboot]

It’s sad. I don’t watch any network television other than sports. Not one thing. Haven’t seen snl in 25 years. No late night talk shows. None of it

You don't watch SNL, but you watch Vanderpump. Yeah, you sure showed those networks!

 

[mcmurtry66]

You don't watch SNL, but you watch Vanderpump. Yeah, you sure showed those networks!

Fing Comcast

 

[BradStevens]

It’s sad. I don’t watch any network television other than sports. Not one thing. Haven’t seen snl in 25 years. No late night talk shows. None of it

Last network show I regularly watched was Modern Family.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Last network show I regularly watched was Modern Family.

Thread hijack - Home Improvement just came out on Netflix. I use to watch that with my dad, so naturally, I'm making my youngest watch it with me. Still holds up today, IMO.