A recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on CBS’ 60 Minutes has drawn attention due to a shift in her responses. The network aired two different answers to the same question in separate segments. This has raised questions about how the interview was edited and the changes that were made.
How did Kamala Harris give two different answers in her CBS interview?
CBS found itself in the middle of a controversy after airing two different responses from Vice President Kamala Harris to the same question in her 60 Minutes interview. The discrepancy emerged after a clip initially aired on Face the Nation on Sunday. A different version followed in a primetime special of 60 Minutes on Monday.
In the original clip aired during Face the Nation, Harris provided a lengthy and detailed response. CBS correspondent Bill Whitaker asked her why it seemed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t paying attention to the diplomatic efforts of the United States.
Her response in the Face the Nation interview was:
“Well Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.”
This answer, which many found vague and disjointed, led to backlash from conservative circles. Some mocked it as one of Harris’ signature “word salads.” (via Fox News)
However, when the network aired the full interview the following night, they replaced the response with a different one. In the updated answer, Harris said, “We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”
Critics took notice of the change and questioned why CBS chose to air two different responses. The Trump campaign’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt called for CBS to release the “full, unedited transcript” of the interview.
It remains unclear why CBS made the editorial decision to air two different answers. CBS has posted both versions of Harris’ answers on YouTube but has not provided a formal explanation for the discrepancy.
