Trump, Harris, and the Art of the Interview
if you were yearning to know what art Kamala Harris has hanging in her home, last week was a good week for you. An art tour was part of the pre-interview banter to which the public was made privy when, on February 5, both CBS News and the Federal Communications Commission released the uncut tape of Bill Whitaker’s October interview with the then–presidential candidate, filmed for an episode of 60 Minutes. The road to the publication of the footage began when the Center for American Rights (CAR), a conservative nonprofit, filed a complaint with the FCC against CBS; the group argued that, in a promotional spot for the episode that aired on a different CBS show, Face the Nation, Harris was shown giving a meandering response to a question from Whitaker about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, only for the episode itself to feature a much more cogent and concise answer.
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