CBS News has really differentiated itself lately, and not in a good way. Fresh off an editing scandal involving “60 Minutes” and Vice President Kamala Harris, the left-wing broadcast network has now been caught red-handed deceptively editing an interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Appearing with Margaret Brennan on Sunday, Johnson was asked about allegations that aid money was not being effectively distributed in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. In reality, he gave a detailed answer, including sharing what he had seen and been told on the ground. CBS News found that context inconvenient, though, and cut it out completely, leaving it to appear as if Johnson had offered no evidence for his claim. That wasn’t the only example either. “Face the Nation” did this multiple times throughout the interview.
Luckily, Johnson’s staff had a camera running on their end so they could prove what CBS News chose to cut out.
Here’s the edited version:
BRENNAN: So that’s a different accounting than this two percent that you say was distributed.
JOHNSON: Yeah, so they’ve obligated some funds, but they’ve only distributed two percent.
Here’s what was cut out:
BRENNAN: So that’s a different accounting than this two percent that you say was distributed.
JOHNSON: Yeah, so they’ve obligated some funds, but they’ve only distributed two percent, and when I was there on the ground, and you should go, bring the cameras and talk to those people there, and they’ll tell you, don’t take politicians’ words for this or the administration’s word, talk to people there on the ground. They have not been provided the resources almost two weeks out from the storm that they desperately needed.
When I was there, 13 days post the storm hitting that state, people were still being rescued. They’re stuck in the higher elevations and the mountains because the roads are down and all the rest. They need every available resource and all hands on deck, the rescue and recovery efforts still going on, and then we address the rest of it.