As we reported earlier, Luke Russert said that Kamala Harris set the bar for the 2024 election by giving "lucid and coherent answers" on a variety of topics over 50 minutes. I watched the interview and it was not 50 minutes. She may have given answers for 50 minutes, but CNN edited that down to about 18 minutes. The rest of the time was filled with ads, videos about how awesome Harris is, and a panel discussion of how it went.
By the way, I noticed a lot of people asking why CNN was claiming the interview was live:
Why does it say "live" in the lower right corner when it was clearly taped and edited? pic.twitter.com/TZp0xV5Tgu
— EJ 😊 (@erinhaust) August 30, 2024
Why does it say LIVE on the CNN recorded interview??? pic.twitter.com/GGZs6ul5c0
— Esther414 (@Esther_4_14) August 30, 2024
It wasn't live. It was recorded earlier in the day and CNN was given until 9 p.m. to edit it together.
In an exclusive CNN interview, Kamala Harris gave the clearest view yet of what she plans for her presidency if elected. https://t.co/lv6a3M4OYt pic.twitter.com/yQ3uEYWvNV
— CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2024
Sadly, that might be true. We still have no idea what her policies are. The Hill even did a piece on Democrats encouraging Harris not to talk policy. As John Harwood said, why doesn't she do more interviews and press conferences? Because she wants to win.
Democrats defend Vice President Harris for avoiding policy https://t.co/uzfeYXzq6M
— The Hill (@thehill) August 29, 2024
The clear view we got was that Harris's values haven't changed, even though her campaign has flip-flopped on all the positions she took during her 2020 run for president.
I don't believe for a minute that Harris has changed her mind on banning fracking — not if her values haven't changed.
Word has it that the interview was over 40 minutes long.
🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 30, 2024
Sources say the CNN interview of Harris and Walz was originally 41 minutes long.
The Harris Campaign objected to over HALF of the interview being shown.
Release the transcripts!!!
There's a pending Community Note saying that "CNN has already released the full transcript of the interview," but the link to CNN provided shows a transcript of what was televised. Catherine Herridge asked if CNN would commit an act of journalism and post the full transcript, but they're not going to do that.
I still know a few folks at @CNN. They tell me if the network and @DanaBashCNN released the entire video of the Harris interview, or aired it live, her campaign would suffer.
— Michael R. Caputo (@MichaelRCaputo) August 31, 2024
But they won’t because CNN works for the Democrats. https://t.co/7qcH2prRzw
CNN is aiding and abetting a hostile takeover and committing election interference. Again.
— Darla Shine 👑 (@DarlaShine) August 30, 2024
CNN will never release those transcripts, they’d tank the Kamala campaign even further
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 30, 2024
A real media would air the entire interview and an unedited transcript
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) August 30, 2024
Some people say the CNN bus was sitting outside the diner where the interview took place for six hours. There's no way CNN found a diner and dragged in cameras, a lighting rig, and sound equipment for an 18-minute interview.
Is this the only interview we're going to get before the election? I haven't heard anything about another interview. Democrats are advising Harris to stay in the proverbial basement.
At least Bash can now say she's talked to two Democrats who want abortion-on-demand til the time of birth; she'd claimed last August that she'd never had.
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