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... Bill, saying you support the candidate who has promised to cut taxes for billionaires vs. the candidate who will raise taxes on billionaires, but you don't really support the tax cuts is a bit like the old "I read Playboy for the articles." ...
Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.
Uncle Bonsai - Boys Want Sex In the Morning (1986)
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An interesting playlist here this evening...
@#16 ... But instead of letting that stand CBS violated their own standards and considerably edited her answer about Israel to make her seem less incoherent. ...
How, exactly did CBS violate their own standards?
Yer up ...
Trump's complaints about '60 Minutes' put a spotlight on editing at the nation's top newsmagazine
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... Donald Trump skipped a "60 Minutes" interview this past week, but he's attacking CBS for how it handled its session with opponent Kamala Harris, calling it a "giant fake news scam" and suggesting the network was out to protect her.
Portions of the Harris interview ran Monday on the newsmagazine and on the Sunday morning political show "Face the Nation." On two occasions, it depicted Harris giving different answers to questions posed by correspondent Bill Whitaker on the Biden administration's efforts to stop the war in the Mideast.
For CBS News, it was considered part of the typical editing and cross-promotion process that takes place for a big interview. Yet to those unfamiliar with journalism and television production, the effect can be jarring.
How did Harris appear to give two answers?
Whitaker interviewed Harris on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5, in Washington for the special broadcast that aired Monday, two days later. But "60 Minutes" offered a portion of that interview to colleagues at "Face the Nation," both to give the Sunday morning show some fresh news and to "tease" the longer interview.
At one point, Whitaker observed that it appeared Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not appear to be listening to the administration's suggestions.
"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," the vice president said in response, on the "Face the Nation" clip.
On "60 Minutes," after Whitaker said the same thing, Harris answered: "We're 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."
After the differences were pointed out online, Trump said on his Truth Social feed that Harris' "REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer in order to save her or, at least, to make her look better."
So what did Harris actually say to Whitaker?
Well, both things, according to CBS. Her full answer to the question was the two sentences put together " the first sentence used on "Face the Nation" and the second sentence on "60 Minutes."
CBS said the need to make the "60 Minutes" interview segment concise prompted the editing. The full interview with Harris took 45 minutes, and it was fit into a 20-minute slot on the broadcast. Yet the editing made it appear that the answer shown on "60 Minutes" was the first thing Harris said in response to the question. Having "Face the Nation" show Whitaker asking the question " instead of having someone paraphrase it -- added to the confusion and made CBS vulnerable to criticism. ...
Colourfield - Castles in the Air (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt...
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I really wanted her hair to touch her knees
I really wanted to share forgotten dreams
Go through the motions of loving from a far
And feel as if i'm reaching for the stars
But each drop of hopelessness amounts
To what could be a raging sea
It could be spring time, I'd meet her at the gates
If beauty ever comes to those who wait
Castles in the air
If only they were there
Just like a beatnik love affair
Those castles in the air
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@#48 ... did not see either the unedited transcript or unedited video. ...
... and that surprises you ... why?
Why would (or should) a media organization release unedited video?
Stated differently, what is the real concern of you?
Aside from trying to make a mountain out of an ant hill?