CBS Information has agreed to launch a full transcript of former Vice President Harris’s October interview with “60 Minutes” to the Federal Communications Fee (FCC), the outlet revealed Friday.
The choice got here after the FCC despatched a letter to CBS asking for a “full, unedited transcript” of the interview, performed forward of Harris’s loss to President Trump within the 2024 election. The fee additionally requested the digital camera feeds from the episode.
“We are working to comply with that inquiry as we are legally compelled to do,” CBS stated in a press release Friday.
A conservative regulation agency filed a criticism with the FCC final 12 months following the interview, alleging that the outlet engaged in “significant and international news distortion.” The swimsuit, initially dismissed below the Biden administration, was reopened by company head Brendan Carr, Trump’s choose to guide the fee.
The company is now set to think about a slew of circumstances towards prime broadcasters — together with CBS, ABC Information, NBC Information and Fox Company — which former Chair Jessica Rosenworcel dropped final week citing safety of the First Modification.
The FCC additionally just lately launched an investigation into public broadcasting stations NPR and PBS, alleging the shops aired commercials which can be towards federal laws.
Trump filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Courtroom within the Northern District of Texas towards CBS over the “60 Minutes” interview, looking for $10 billion in damages. The criticism accuses the community of partaking in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference” and echoed the opposite lawsuit’s claims of intensive modifying on the aired episode.
CBS denounced the accusations within the swimsuit, filed earlier than Trump’s election victory, pointing to his choice to tug out from an analogous interview alternative.
