4 July 2025, 17:03 | Updated: 4 July 2025, 17:40

By Simon Marks

This week, the ticking clock didn’t just mark another countdown on 60 Minutes. It rang out like a warning bell for American democracy.

What began as a media spat over an edited interview with Vice President Kamala Harris has spiralled into something far more serious. CBS’s decision to heavily edit the segment—cutting Harris’s hesitant, vague comments on Gaza in favour of a polished, decisive soundbite—was questionable. But their subsequent surrender to Donald Trump’s frivolous $16 million lawsuit is indefensible.

Let’s be clear: this wasn’t journalism........

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