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Trump Escalates War with CBS Over 'Unprecedented Scandal,' Demands Network Lose Its License

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Former President Donald Trump wants CBS to be punished for the tactics it used in editing a recent “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

As noted by the New York Post, CBS has been under fire ever since the response to a question about Israel shown in a special “60 Minutes” episode on Monday was starkly different from one aired the day before that the Post referred to as a “word salad.”

“I think there should be an outside investigation,” the Post quoted a source it said was a former CBS journalist. “Obviously, there’s a problem here. If they care about journalistic integrity, they would conduct an investigation or release the full transcript.”

A second CBS source told the Post the episode made CBS appear “biased.”

“Their credibility has been called into question and their impartiality has been called into question,” the source said.

Trump initially asked for an apology but has since escalated his demands to call for punishment of the network.

“A giant Fake News Scam by CBS & 60 Minutes. 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,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

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“A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is totally illegal. TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE. Election Interference,” he wrote.

Trump went on to post that Harris “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 had issued an earlier post on the scandal as it emerged.

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“I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (‘cut and pasted’) Lyin’ Kamala’s answers to questions, which were virtually incoherent, over and over again, some by as many as four times in a single sentence or thought, all in an effort, possibly illegal as part of the ‘News Division,’ which must be licensed, to make her look ‘more Presidential,’ or a least, better,” Trump wrote.

“It may also be a major Campaign Finance Violation. This is a stain on the reputation of 60 Minutes that is not recoverable – It will always remain with this once storied brand. I have never heard of such a thing being done in ‘News.’ It is the very definition of FAKE NEWS!” he wrote.

“The public is owed a MAJOR AND IMMEDIATE APOLOGY! This is an open and shut case, and must be investigated, starting today!” Trump wrote.

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Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.
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