President Donald Trump took aim at the media on Wednesday, criticizing the Emmy nomination given to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ controversial 60 Minutes interview. Trump used the announcement as further evidence, he said, of the media’s dishonesty and political bias.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the nomination demonstrates why the press must be held accountable. “The Election Interfering 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent,” he wrote.
Trump added that the public wasn’t given full access to what really occurred until long after the election. “The full transcript, which 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount tried to hide from the American People, and refused to release until after I was already Inaugurated, and they were ordered to do so by the Federal Communications Commission, shows that the ‘interview’ was nothing but fake, corrupt, anti-Trump propaganda.”
He went on to call out the Emmy nomination itself as an insult to journalism and truth. “On top of that, in a total slap in the face to anyone who believes in TRUTH and Honest Journalism, this Fake News Puff Piece has now been nominated for an award by the totally discredited Emmys,” Trump wrote.
He questioned how such an interview could be in contention for recognition, and suggested collusion among media groups. “Did 60 Minutes and its Corporate Parents apply to get an Emmy for an illegally falsified interview, or did other Fake Outlets nominate them for this dubious ‘honor’? These antics are why the American People have no trust in the Press, and demand that the Media, very much including 60 Minutes, CBS, and its owners, be held responsible for their corruption and lies, which is exactly what we are doing in Court!”
Trump has already launched legal action over the issue. In October, he filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS, accusing the network of deliberately manipulating the Harris interview to sway the 2024 election in favor of the Democrats.
He later amended the complaint in February, doubling the damages sought to $20 billion. According to The New York Times, mediation between the parties was scheduled to begin last week.
{Matzav.com}