In a move that perfectly encapsulates the decay of mainstream journalism, CBS’s embattled show 60 Minutes has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, including one for its notoriously doctored interview with Kamala Harris — an interview so egregiously manipulated, President Trump sued CBS News for $10 billion over the fraud.
Former CNN spin doctor Brian Stelter gleefully posted the news on X, oblivious to the fact that he was essentially celebrating an award for misinformation.
The Interview That Lied to America
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, 60 Minutes ran a heavily edited interview with then-vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Harris, known for her meandering and incoherent rambling, was made to appear calm, articulate, and “presidential” — thanks not to reality, but to editorial sleight of hand.
Segments from entirely different parts of the conversation were spliced together to fabricate a complete, fluid answer. Whole sentences were surgically removed and replaced with unrelated lines from earlier in the interview — all to polish Harris’s disastrous public image before voters headed to the polls.
This wasn’t journalism. It was election interference.
Legal Fallout and Federal Scrutiny
The deception didn’t go unnoticed. In October 2024, President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News for what his legal team described as “journalistic fraud with electoral consequences.”
More than just a lawsuit, the Trump administration’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr launched an investigation into CBS’s conduct. The FCC demanded the full unedited transcript and raw footage of the Harris interview.
The stakes? Nothing less than journalistic integrity in a democratic election.
And Now They Want a Trophy?
Despite being under investigation and embroiled in a lawsuit, 60 Minutes has now been nominated for an Emmy for this exact segment — a segment that Trump’s team, and even some veteran journalists, have called a brazen attempt to deceive the American people.
How could the Emmys possibly celebrate such a piece?
Because in the modern left-wing media-industrial complex, truth is optional, and narrative is king. The media elite reward each other not for accuracy, but for ideological obedience and service to the regime. The Kamala Harris puff piece wasn’t disqualified — it was celebrated.
Journalism or Political Theater?
This is not the first time the media has twisted reality, but the Harris segment represents a low point even by their standards. It was essentially a campaign ad disguised as news, aired on prime time television and falsely labeled as objective journalism.
The Emmys, once a celebration of artistic and journalistic excellence, have now revealed themselves as just another cog in the propaganda machine.
Bottom Line
While Americans continue to lose faith in legacy institutions, the people who run them remain tone-deaf and unapologetic. 60 Minutes being nominated for an Emmy for an edited fraud of a political interview is a reminder of what we’re up against:
An unaccountable media empire willing to lie for power — and give itself a trophy for doing it.