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Perspective: Why the Kamala Harris ‘60 Minutes’ brouhaha matters

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were interviewed on “ 60 Minutes ” on Oct. 7 .

A complaint has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission , accusing CBS News of “significant and intentional news distortion” A spokesperson told The Associated Press that Harris said both quotes separately and that no editing had been done to improve her answers.

John Sutter : It's understandable that so many people are angry about the editing of the 60 Minutes ’ interview.

He says it hurts everyone involved, regardless of intent, but it's another blow to the credibility of journalists.

Sutter says it was an accident of marketing that revealed the discrepancy in these quotes.