Pressure mounts on CBS News to release full Kamala Harris interview transcript [Video]

CBS News’ “60 Minutes” is facing more pressure to release the transcript of Bill Whitaker’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, which aired on Monday, Oct. 7. 

Bari Weiss, the editor of the Free Press, posted to social media on Saturday and said, “60 Minutes should release the unedited transcript of the Kamala Harris interview.” The Free Press also published an editorial on Saturday, calling on “60 Minutes” to “release the Unedited Kamala Harris Transcript.”

CBS News has been at the center of outrage after it aired an edited clip of Vice President Kamala Harris during its primetime “60 Minutes” election special Monday that was different from a preview of the unflattering exchange she had with Whitaker that was widely panned by critics. 

“Given the stakes here—a rare interview with a presidential candidate a month before a very close …