{"id":13195,"date":"2025-02-08T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diigital.press\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2025-02-08T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:26:00","slug":"trump-demands-cbs-shutdown-over-harris-interview-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=13195","title":{"rendered":"Trump Demands CBS Shutdown Over Harris Interview Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has called for CBS to be shut down after the network released the full, unedited version of a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. The controversy began in October when Trump and his supporters accused CBS of editing the interview to favor Harris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"M861429ScriptRootC1620087\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They demanded the release of the complete footage, which CBS eventually provided following a lawsuit and an FCC complaint. Despite the release, Trump and his allies remain dissatisfied, labeling the situation a major scandal. On Truth Social, Trump accused CBS of manipulating the content by removing unfavorable responses from Harris and replacing them with more polished answers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1677529\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"M861429ScriptRootC1600710\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cheerfulsharing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-39.png?resize=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"M861429ScriptRootC1621016\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He even claimed this alleged editing swayed the election in Harris\u2019 favor, despite losing to him in November 2024. Trump insists CBS should lose its broadcasting license and that the individuals involved should face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>However, the FCC cannot revoke CBS\u2019 license since networks do not hold individual broadcast licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also tied this issue to broader claims about federal funding influencing media outlets, though these allegations lack evidence. CBS maintains that the edits were made solely for time and were not deceptive. As tensions rise, Trump\u2019s FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, may pursue action against the network.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has called for CBS to be shut down after the network released the full, unedited version of a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. The controversy began in October when Trump and his supporters accused CBS of editing the interview to favor Harris. They demanded the release of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}