Tragicomically,
the "60 Minutes" interview of Kamala Harris that CBS extensively
edited, so that Harris’ answers didn’t sound so much like Kamala Harris, has
been nominated for an Emmy
Award.
The
nominations for the 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards were announced May
1st. "60 Minutes" received numerous nominations, including one in the
Outstanding Edited Interview category for its primetime special featuring
then-Vice President Harris (and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. “Tampon” Timmy
Walz.) This now Emmy-nominated program is the reason for Donald Trump’s $10
billion lawsuit against CBS, due to the network’s egregious attempt to help
Harris any way it could, including editing her answers to make her look more
intelligent and coherent. That’s not Emmy-winning journalism, folks, that’s
election interference. It is also pathetically biased reporting, unethical in
the extreme…and “fake news.”
This
is as if I penned an article in which I employed plagiarism, blatant lies, and
libelous accusations… and was promptly nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
If
deceptive editing, a.k.a. “fake news,” gets nominated for an Emmy, we are now
living in an Orwellian world, indeed.
Speaking
of Orwell, he once said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a
revolutionary act.”
Too
bad there is no award for doing so.
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