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Trump interview tests CBS 

President Trump is about to appear on "60 Minutes" – and it's going to be one of the most-scrutinized TV segments of the year.

Two segments, actually. The interview is "double-length," which is "60 Minutes" parlance for a story that wins two of the three coveted slots on the weekly broadcast. Still unknown: How will it be edited?

Trump taped the sit-down with Norah O'Donnell on Friday, one year to the day after he filed a frivolous lawsuit against the newsmagazine over its pre-election interview with Kamala Harris. The lawsuit shook CBS and turned into a nationally newsworthy scandal when the previous owners of Paramount paid Trump to drop the case.

Now, many Trump critics are skeptical of Paramount's new owners and the new CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss. Many CBS staffers are anxious about the news division's future. And many journalists outside the network are curious about how O'Donnell approached the interview.

Personally, I'm most interested in the editing conundrum. Every second counts on a newsmagazine like "60 Minutes." Segments are usually edited and polished to perfection. But editing is what exposed CBS to Trump's wrath last year...

Minor edits, major headaches

Trump falsely claimed that CBS grossly mis-edited the Harris interview at the direction of her campaign. He called it "voter interference." He was able to convince supporters that CBS wronged him because the network aired two different parts of a Harris answer about Gaza on two different broadcasts.

The full transcript, released under FCC pressure months later, did not indicate any

fraudulent behavior by CBS. But it did show that, in an atmosphere of low trust in media and even less understanding about newsroom practices, seemingly minor edits can metastasize into major headaches. 

I'm bringing all this back up because the Trump/Harris headache started when a preview clip aired on "Face the Nation" – and the same program is running a clip of the Trump interview this morning to promote tonight's "60 Minutes" episode.

CBS recently said "Face" will "only broadcast live or live-to-tape interviews," though today's clip is obviously an exception because it's just a preview.

As for tonight's broadcast, a CBS spokesperson had no comment when I asked about how the "60" interview will or won't be edited. Some people are waiting to pounce on any favorable treatment Trump receives, as this tweet from MeidasTouch co-founder Brett Meiselas illustrates: "If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS."

Hopefully everyone who wants to opine on the interview will actually watch it in full, rather than jumping to conclusions based on a stray clip, comment, or tweet...

WH restricts West Wing access

Members of the White House press corps are now restricted from press secretary Karoline Leavitt's office, the latest in a series of Trump admin actions to limit media access.

The new rule was announced on Friday evening while trick-or-treating was just beginning. "Upper Press" had been accessible to WH correspondents for decades, supporting a free flow of info between the president and the public. Here's my full story for CNN.com...

Fox falls for AI videos

"Not sure if I've seen anything like this before," CNN's Andrew Kaczynski wrote on X yesterday: "Fox fell for an AI video and basically rewrote their whole story when called out."

The video compilation purported to show Black women angrily reacting to potential disruptions with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The Bulwark's Tim Miller put it this way: "Fox News ran with a totally fake story—racist AI videos pretending to be real 'Black women'—and then quietly changed the headline instead of admitting they make a mistake."

 >> Before: "SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown." After: "AI videos of SNAP beneficiaries complaining about cuts go viral."

It's gobsmacking. So is the editor's note now tacked to the bottom: "This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that." The story originally quoted conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper, a Fox contributor, calling the videos "insane." I checked Cooper's channel, and she seemed to believe the videos were 1) real and 2) worthy of a long rebuttal.

Three exclamation points for this

Trump tuned in to "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and disliked what he heard. Meyers has "NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL! ! !" Trump posted to Truth Social last night, prompting commenters to point out that it's definitely not illegal. Over to you, Seth...