CBS News statement on controversial 60 Minutes edit falls flat on social media: ‘Publish. The. Transcript.’ [Video]

CBS News’ defiant statement defending its controversial edit of its “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month fell flat with critics, who have ramped up calls for the network to release an unedited transcript. 

After weeks of staying silent despite growing criticism over the interview, CBS published a statement Sunday evening addressing the outrage that ensued after airing two different answers to the same question in the “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month with the Democratic nominee.

CBS News infamously aired Harris offering a widely mocked, rambling answer to a critical question about Israel when promoting the interview, but a shorter answer to the same question was shown instead in primetime on “60 Minutes.” CBS News’ statement said former President Trump’s claim the “deceitful editing” was used is “false,” and explained that producers …