Emmy nomination for Outstanding Edited Interview goes to '60 Minutes' for Kamala episode — yes, you read that right



The controversial "60 Minutes" episode featuring then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has now been officially nominated for an Emmy — and not for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

On Thursday, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2025 News and Docs Emmys. Among the nominees for Outstanding Edited Interview is "The Democratic Ticket," the interview between "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker and Harris.

'60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People.'

While "60 Minutes" interviews of major presidential candidates at the peak of election season are nothing new, this interview drew significant criticism after the episode that ultimately aired last October differed notably from a preview of it.

In a preview promoted by CBS News, Harris gave one of her infamous word-salad responses to a question about Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In his question, Whitaker implied that Netanyahu was not "listening" to the Biden-Harris administration.

"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," Harris replied in the preview.

However, when the episode aired, Harris gave a less scattered, slightly more germane reply. "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," she said.

Then-candidate Donald Trump immediately cried foul, claiming that the network had "sliced and diced ('cut and pasted') Lyin' Kamala's answers to questions." He later went so far as to argue that the change amounted to "election interference" and filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News for "doctoring" the interview.

The network eventually released the unedited video footage, as well as a full transcript of the interview, revealing that both clips came in response to the question.

Trump spoke out about the discrepancy as recently as this week, claiming in a Truth Social post that the final answer that aired "was not good" but at least did not "show Gross Incompetence" like the preview answer did.

"In other words, 60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System," Trump railed on Wednesday.

Late last month, "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens announced his resignation, citing an inability "to make independent decisions based on what was right" for the show's audience. Many have speculated that pressure at the network stemmed from Trump's lawsuit, which could be on the verge of a settlement now that both sides have agreed to mediation.

Owens and others at CBS News reportedly strongly oppose settling the lawsuit.

The other nominees for Outstanding Edited Interview are Hoda Kotb's interview of Celine Dion on NBC News, a CBS interview with SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a "20/20" interview with Brittney Griner, and yet another "60 Minutes" interview, this time with Pope Francis.

In response to the nomination of the Harris interview, White House communications director Steven Cheung quipped, "Of course it’s nominated for best editing, because it takes some serious talent to edit Kamala’s answer into something that’s coherent and understandable, which in the end they still failed to do."

CBS News did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

The news Emmy award ceremony is scheduled to air on June 25.

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EVERYONE needs to do THIS in response to the CBS-Kamala Harris editing scandal



It’s been two weeks since CBS was slammed for editing Kamala Harris’ interview with “60 Minutes’” Bill Whitaker — specifically the answer (or rather word salad) she gave regarding Israel.

“There’s been one question,” says Glenn Beck. “Why is one answer different in the promo than the answer you aired the next night in the special?”

Well, CBS has finally answered that question, but unfortunately, its statement is entirely void of the humility one would expect from a scandal of this caliber.

First, the news platform denied the accusation from Donald Trump that it engaged in “deceitful editing.”

“That is false,” the statement claimed.

Glenn then reads the explanation justifying the editing: “'60 Minutes' gave an excerpt of our interview to ‘Face the Nation’ that used a longer section of her answer than that on '60 Minutes.' Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response.”

“The portion of her answer on '60 Minutes' was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a wide-ranging, 21 minute-long segment.”

Already, the statement is not off to a great start. But then it got even worse when it changed the subject to — surprise, surprise — Donald Trump.

“But remember, Mr. Trump pulled out of his interview with '60 Minutes,' and the vice president participated.”

“Why was that last line necessary?” asks Glenn. “That shows that they have an agenda.”

“There’s something there that they are literally trying to hide,” adds Stu Burguiere, noting that the full interview still hasn’t been released.

Glenn says that in response to CBS’ deception, the people need to take action.

“Look for your local CBS television station,” “email or write snail mail” to “the general manager,” and ask him or her “why they are not demanding for their own local audience to be informed on what looks like CBS News election interference,” he instructs, adding that “any complaint like that has to be saved for the FCC.”

“That’s how you get their license pulled.”

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CBS caught EDITING Kamala’s ‘60 Minutes’ answer about Israel



If you need any more evidence that the media is owned by the Democrat Party, look no further than what CBS just did to Kamala Harris’ answer about Israel in her recent interview with Bill Whitaker of “60 Minutes.”

Dave Rubin plays the original answer Harris gave followed by the edited answer, and they couldn’t be more opposite.

“This is wild,” he says.

The statement Whitaker posed was: “It seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.”

In her original, unedited response, Harris said the following: “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.”

A “completely nonsensical, ridiculous answer,” says Dave.

Now compare that to CBS’ version of the clip.

To Whitaker’s statement about Netanyahu not listening, Harris said, “We are 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.”

It’s clear that editors did away with Harris' word salad and replaced it with “this very direct response” to make her look better.

"[CBS is] in service to the Democrat Party,” sighs Dave. “Bill Whitaker, who did a really fine job there, he should be seriously pissed, because he did ask good questions.”

To see the before and after footage, watch the clip above.

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