{"id":63246,"date":"2024-10-09T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63246"},"modified":"2024-10-10T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:25:47","slug":"trump-threatens-cbs-over-kamala-harris-interview-on-60-minutes-he-says-was-possibly-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63246","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens CBS Over Kamala Harris Interview on 60 Minutes He Says Was ‘Possibly Illegal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has spent the past nine years castigating the media in the most vile terms. He regularly insults journalists as “stupid,” “lying,” “corrupt,”<\/em> and biased against him, simply because they report the things he actually does and says. He maligns them with the same language that Stalin used, calling them “the enemy of the people.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump’s fear and fury at the press is a core feature of his perverse persona. He labels any reporting that isn’t sufficiently worshipful “fake news.”<\/em> Even his official Ministry of Propaganda (aka Fox News) isn’t safe from his seething animosity<\/a><\/strong>. And his anger extends far beyond mere insults and tantrums. He often issues impotent threats if a news network has the audacity to engage in responsible journalism. For example…<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Wannabe Dictator Trump Threatens to Revoke ABC News Broadcast License in Fox News Interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning Trump was so bothered by a recent media event that he unleashed a rambling and rancid rant on his failing social media scam, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>. The object of his outrage was the 60 Minutes interview of Vice-President Kamala Harris on Monday. Trump had agreed to participate at first, but later chickened out because he objected to their insistence on {gasp}<\/em> fact-checking. And now, after the fact, Trump is lashing out with another lame and utterly preposterous threat. He raged<\/a> that…<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (‘cut and pasted’) Lyin\u2019 Kamala\u2019s 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. It may also be a major Campaign Finance Violation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Trump is whining about is that 60 Minutes edited the Harris interview, something that is done routinely in television journalism for legitimate reasons, including time constraints, clarity, and relevance. Trump’s assertion that some answers were edited “four times in a single sentence”<\/em> is downright bonkers. And there is no indication whatsoever that Harris’ answers were altered to effect some political advantage. Trump’s complaint doesn’t even make sense, because he’s accusing CBS of edits that resulted in the answers being “virtually incoherent.”<\/em> How would that help Harris?<\/p>\n

Most troubling is Trump’s charge that the 60 Minutes interview was in some way “illegal.”<\/em> As usual, Trump doesn’t provide any evidence of a crime, nor any statute that has been violated. He simply believes that if it bothers him it must be against the law. So he latches onto the fact that TV stations (not network “news divisions”<\/em>) must be licensed to use the public airwaves. Which is his way of threatening CBS with the revocation of its license if they do not comply with his tyrannical demands.<\/p>\n

This threat is consistent with Trump’s abhorrence of the free press. And it’s also consistent with his flaming hypocrisy. He has never complained that Fox News regularly (albeit futilely) edits his interviews to make him look better. He has never accused Newsmax of campaign finance violations for their slobbering sycophancy. And he doesn’t seem to object to the constant “sane-washing<\/a><\/strong>“<\/em> of his demented speeches by the rest of the so-called “mainstream”<\/em> media. Which leads us to the rest of his Truth(less) (anti)Social comment…<\/p>\n

“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! The public is owed a MAJOR AND IMMEDIATE APOLOGY! This is an open and shut case, and must be investigated, starting today!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The public is indeed owed an apology – from Trump. His hostility toward the press is another example of his imminent threat to democracy. And his attempts to intimidate the media are antithetical to the Constitution that he has said he would “terminate.”<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If this is “an open and shut case,”<\/em> why is Trump yammering about it on his website that no one but his glassy-eyed cult followers read, rather than filing a complaint with the FCC or the Justice Department? Maybe because even he knows that he’s full of **it.<\/p>\n

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