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CBS Warns That FCC Action On ‘60 Minutes’ Complaint Would Create “A Less Free World” Where Government Becomes “A Roving Censor”
CBS is calling out the FCC‘s inquiry into how 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as inappropriate for the federal agency, while warning that any government sanction against the network “would open the door to regular and repeated second guessing of broadcasters’ editorial judgments across the ideological spectrum.” The network’s remarks were made […]
60 Minutes released the unedited transcript of the interview in response to an FCC inquiry, and said that it proved that the show engaged in routine editing practices. The network notes that “any individual or organization with a smartphone can create and disseminate content expressing any and all viewpoints to a potential audience of many millions of people. In this dramatically changed media landscape, the federal government has no lawful role in policing the editorial decisions of broadcast news outlets.”
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