CBS defends McCain interview

[El Supremo]

CBS News, which is under fire for its editing of Katie Couric's interview with Senator John McCain last night, defended the editing in a statement to Politico.

In the version of the interview that aired, an apparent McCain error reversing of the surge and the Sunni awakening was edited out, and a different answer was shown in response to the same question, drawing criticism from Huffington Post and from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, among others.

CBS also made the full interview available online.

"As all news organizations do with extended interviews, last night’s Obama and McCain interviews were edited to fit the available time and to give viewers a fair expression of the candidates' major differences," CBS spokeswoman Jennifer Farley emailed. "The full transcript and video were and still are available at cbsnews.com."

By Ben Smith 12:24 PM

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/CBS_defends_Obama_interview.html?showall

[Benhurst]

1. What bullshit! The fascist corporat media at its worst.

[islandmkl]

2. i don't see any problem at all here...

ask one question...

use another answer...

that's just good journalism, isn't it?



:sarcasm:if you need it...

[DCKit]

3. Colbert does it all the time, and he didn't even conduct the original interviews. n/t

[islandmkl]

4. colbert (whose show is great) is not exactly...and not exactly trying to be...

legitimate NEWS....

his show qualifies as astute commentary and satire...

and displays the lies for what they are....

but,....news?

[DCKit]

7. Hey, it's far more informative than the MSM.

The Daily show too. Love me some Jon Daily.

[wryter2000]

5. Odd how they cut that part out

Hmmm

At least, this shows they're taking heat for it as ABC did with that ridiculous "debate." They may get to feel that they can't get away with this shit any longer.

For the longest time, they were running scared of being called "the liberal media." Now, maybe they'll be afraid of being called Repubican tools.

[MUAD_DIB]

6. It's alright. CBS is just doing the state a favor by making Mcthuselah

look like he can carry on a lucid conversation.

[Gman]

8. Very lame excuse

very, very lame.

[OregonBlue]

9. It's a coverup and fraud. You delete the actual answer because it is wrong and insert

another one? That's the worst kind of deception and a fraud on the viewing public. Contact the FCC?