’60 Minutes’ full video filled with Harris word salads

If you have an hour of your life to waste, sit down and watch the full interview with “60 Minutes” that Kamala Harris did during the election.

The tape was more than 50 minutes long, which was trimmed down to about 20 minutes for the show.

Technically, I don’t think the show did anything illegal, although they clearly made Harris look far better by cutting out some questions, and noticeably trimming down her answers.

Word Salad Queen

The network has the right to trim the interview down to fit into the allotted time slot, so, technically, they did nothing wrong.

But when it comes to optics, well, that is something else altogether.

For instance, when Harris was asked about Israel’s war, her rant was nearly 200 words and about a minute long. That answer was cut down to 20 words and about 10 seconds of the interview.

There is no denying that CBS made her look much better with their edits, something a source at CBS even had to admit.

The source stated, “You have to watch the video. A lot of ‘word salad.’ Feels like a cleanup on Aisle 7. Not a technical foul but one could argue still news distortion.”

There was another instance where host Bill Whitaker asked Harris about her allegations of racism against Trump.

Her answer was such a horrible and meaningless word salad, the show cut nearly the entire answer out of the interview.

One of my favorite edits was when Harris was asked about Netanyahu disregarding the Biden administration’s position regarding the war to chart “his own course.”

Kamala’s full answer was 179 words: “Well, let’s start with this. On this subject, the aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis, and the people of Israel.

“And I think that is the most recent example of why what we do to assist in their defense around military aid is important. And when we think about the threat that Hamas, Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is without any question our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.

“Now, the work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles, which include the need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages, and create a cease-fire. And we’re not going to stop in terms of putting that pressure on Israel, and in the region, including with other leaders in the region, including Arab leaders.”

The aired answer was cut to 20 words, which I have bolded above. That, my friends, is what I call trimming the fat.

Legally, as I hinted above, nothing will come of this for the network, but as I stated, the optics are horrific.