Five days after it was reported that a 60 Minutes interview featuring Kamala Harris received an Emmy Award nomination for its editing, President Trump, who sued CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, in October, has responded with strong criticism.
The lawsuit, totaling $20 billion, alleged that the network manipulated the interview with the Democratic presidential nominee to present her in a more favorable light.
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In a Wednesday morning post on Truth Social, the president labeled the nominated segment a “Fake News Puff Piece” and insisted that CBS be held responsible for what he described as “lies.”
“The Election Interfering 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent,” the post stated.
He further asserted that the “full transcript,” which he claimed CBS and Paramount attempted to conceal until after his inauguration and were compelled to release by the Federal Communications Commission, revealed the interview to be “nothing but fake, corrupt, anti-Trump propaganda.”
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Trump also addressed the Emmy nomination, calling it a “total slap in the face to anyone who believes in TRUTH and Honest Journalism.”
He questioned whether 60 Minutes and its corporate parents actively sought the nomination for what he termed an “illegally falsified interview” or if other news outlets nominated them for the “dubious ‘honor’.”
Trump added that these actions are the reason “the American People have no trust in the Press” and reiterated the demand that the media, including 60 Minutes, CBS, and its owners, “be held responsible for their corruption and lies,” which he stated is the aim of his ongoing legal action.
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