Formal complaint filed to FCC over Harris’ ’60 Minutes’ interview ‘distortion’

MARIA: WELCOME BACK. SENIOR REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER ON THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, (DAN CARR ACCUSING FACEBOOK OF CENSORING INFORMATION AGAIN. THE FACT THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS FAILED TO CONNECT EVEN ONE PERSON TO THE INTERNET DESPITE LEADING THE ADMINISTRATION'S $42 BILLION INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR OVER 1,000 DAYS.

FACEBOOK LABELED THIS POST AS, QUOTE, FALSE INFORMATION FROM AN FCC COMMISSIONER. OKAY. THEY FACT CHECKED IT WITH THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.

SO THEN THEY DETERMINE IT'S FALSE. THE LABEL HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED AND IN A STATEMENT TO FOX BUSINESS, META SAYS THIS. QUOTE, PUBLISHERS CLEAR RATING GUIDELINES FOR THIRD PARTY FACT CHECKERS WHO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW AND RATE CONTENT BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE RATING FELL OUTSIDE OF THOSE GUIDELINES AND SO WE HAVE REMOVED IT.

THAT MEANS BUSTED. JOINING ME NOW THE MAN HIMSELF, COMMISSIONER BRENDAN CARR. YOU HAVE AN OP-ED IN THE JOURNAL WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE $42 BILLION FAIL OF KAMALA HARRIS, THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT HARRIS AGREED TO LEAD AND A HOW THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION RECENTLY CONFIRMED THAT THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WILL NOT EVEN BEGIN UNTIL NEXT YEAR AT THE EARLIEST AND IN MANY CASES NOT UNTIL 2026.

YOU WRITE THIS. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON DELIVERING BROADBAND TO UNSERVED AREAS, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS USED THE PROGRAM TO ADVANCE A WISH LIST OF POLITICAL GOALS. COMMISSIONER CARR, TELL US MORE.

>> YEAH, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON. HERE IS THE INFORMATION ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' RECORD THAT BOTH FACEBOOK AND THE ADMINISTRATION ITSELF DON'T WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW. IN 2021, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AGREED TO LEAD THE ADMINISTRATION'S SIGNATURE $42 BILLION PLAN TO CONNECT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO THE INTERNET.

BACK THEN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAID WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE TODAY. WELL, FLASH FORWARD TO TODAY, IT'S BEEN 1,072 DAYS, SINCE SHE TOOK THE HELM OF THIS PROGRAM AND AS YOU NOTED NOT ONE SINGLE AMERICAN HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, NOT SINGLE SHOVEL'S WORTH OF DIRT HAS BEEN TURNED AND CALLING THAT OUT RESULTED IN A FALSE AND DEBUNKED FACT CHECK BUT THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE HAVING ACCESS TO RIGHT NOW. MARIA: SO WHERE'S THE MONEY?

WHAT A DID THEY USE THE MONEY FOR. LET ME GUESS, THEY USED THE MONEY FOR ILLEGALS. >> MOST OF THE MONEY IS SITTING THERE.

THEY SPENT SOME OF IT HIRING GOVERNMENT WORKERS TO PLAN TO CONNECT PEOPLE. WE CAN STILL COURSE CORRECT HERE. THEY'VE BEEN PURSUING PROGRESS I'VE POLICY GOALS FOR THE LAST 1,000 DAYS, ADOPTED IMPLEMENTING REGULATION AS THAT HAVE DEI REQUIREMENTS, A CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA.

ONE STATE BROADBAND OFFICIAL DEALING WITH THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ON THIS SAID IT'S BEEN A CHAOTIC IMPLEMENTATION ENVIRONMENT, DYSFUNCTION, DELAY, POLITICO SAYS THERE'S FRUSTRATION AND FINGER POINTING AT THIS POINT SO IT'S A REAL MICRO COSM FOR CONCERNS PEOPLE HAVE. MARIA: I SAID IT FACETIOUSLY GIVEN THEY'RE USING MONEY FROM FEMA. THERE IS A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE FCC, ACCUSING CBS NEWS OF DISTORTION FOR AIRING THE EDITED ANSWER FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW.

I WANT TO SHOW THE UNEDITED VIDEO THAT WAS USED TO PROMOTE THE INTERVIEW FOLLOWED BY THE HE'D ITED VERSUS WHICH ACTUALLY AIRED ON 60 MINUTES. WATCH. >> IT SEEMS THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS NOT LISTENING.

>> WELL, BILL, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF MOVEMENTS IN THAT REGION BY ISRAEL THAT WERE VERY MUCH PROMPTED BY OR A RESULT OF MANY THINGS INCLUDING OUR ADVOCACY FOR WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE REGION. >> PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS NOT LISTENING. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP PURSUING WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE WE STAND ON THE NEED FOR THIS WAR TO END.

MARIA: WOW. THAT IS INFURIATING, COMMISSIONER. REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANSWERS, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE SECOND ANSWER WAS ACTUALLY NOT EVEN PART OF THE FIRST ANSWER.

I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE SECOND ANSWER FROM A DIFFERENT QUESTION AND JUST INSERTED IT IN THERE. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE FCC TO DO HERE IN TERMS OF CBS' LOCAL NEW YORK STATION, WCBS? >> YEAH, MY FCC COLLEAGUE, REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER SIMONTON HAS BEEN ACTIVE ON THIS.

HE POINTED OUT THE NEWS DISTORTION RULE IS A VERY, VERY NARROW RULE AT THE FCC AND ALMOST EVERY CASE IT DOESN'T APPLY BECAUSE IT COULD GET INTO EDITORIAL DECISIONS PROTECT THED BY THE FIRST AMEND MACHINED. HE SAID CBS SHOULD RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPT. THE REASON THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT FRIVOLOUS US BECAUSE THE RULES SAY THE EXAMPLE WE'VE GIVEN IS IF YOU TAKE AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION THAT IS A YES, AND YOU REPLACE THE ANSWER OF NO FROM A DIFFERENT QUESTION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY FALL WITHIN THE NEWS DISTORTION RULE.

MY POSITION IS I AGREE WITH KATHERINE HAIRAGE, A FORMER CBS REPORTER, SHE SAID SHE THINKS CBS SHOULD RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPT. I DON'T THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A FEDERAL CASE. I THINK CBS SHOULD RELEASE IT, THAT WOULD INOCULATE CBS FROM THE FCC COMPLAINT.

MARIA: SO THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED IT. THEY'RE STAYING FIRM ON THAT. WHY NOT?

I MEAN, WHY NOT JUST PUT THIS ISSUE TO BED BY RELEASING THE TRANSCRIPT SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW WHERE THAT SECOND ANSWER CAME FROM? >> WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHETHER KATHERINE HAIRAGE. SHE WALKED THROUGH A TIME LINE THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH CBS DOING THAT.

THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2020 THAT THEY RELEASED THE FULL TRANSCRIPT. I THINK SHE'S RIGHT, A MATTER OF JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE AND NEWS WORTHINESS TO DO THIS. MARIA: IS THERE POLITICS DRIVING THINGS AS WELL HERE?

I MEAN, WE KNOW THE FBI HAS COMPLETELY BECOME POLITICIZED, THE DOJ WITH VOWS TO END VOTER ID. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE FCC. THEY'RE ALLOWING A NONPROFIT GROUP FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS TO TAKE CONTROL OF A RADIO GIANT AFTER THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT, ODYSSEY, WEEKS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HOW IS HE ABLE TO TAKE OVER ALL THESE RADIO STATIONS RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE DEAL GIVES THE SOROS FAMILY CONTROL OF 200 RADIO STATIONS, PLUS. MORE THAN 200. >> THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING.

THIS DECISION BY THE COMMISSION IS UNPRECEDENTED. WE'VE NEVER AT THE AGENCY LEVEL ADOPTED A FAST TRACK TO APPROVE THIS. WE HAVE RULES ON THE BOOK THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE SOROS BACKED ENTITY TO GO THROUGH A NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW BEFORE OBTAINING LICENSES, THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THREE TO SIX MONTHS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE COMMISSION CREATED A SPECIAL SOROS SHORT CUT. YOUR LAST NAME SHOULD NOT DETERMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT TREATS YOU. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY SEE WEAPONIZATION, IF YOUR NAME IS MUSK OR ANOTHER LAST NAME YOU GET THE BOOK THROWN AT YOU.

IF YOUR LAST NAME IS SOROS YOU GET STREAMLINED TREATMENT AND YOU GET TO SKIP THE NORMAL REVIEW PROCESS. THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM SO MANY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. MARIA: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP MUSK.

SEEMS LIKE ELON MUSK GETS MUCH DIFFERENT TREATMENT THAN OTHER ELECTRIC CAR MAKERS. HE'S THE LEADING ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKER, YET HE'S NOT GETTING THE SAME SUBSIDIES THAT THE OTHERS GET WITH THEIR UNIONS AND REMEMBER THAT NEW SPEECH FROM THE DEMOCRAT FCC CHAIR WHEN SHE FLOATED THE WORD MONOPOLY IN CONTEXT OF STAR LINK. >> YEAH, THIS IS CONCERNING.

SO LOOK, YOU GO BACK TO THE TRUMP ERA, WE AWARDED OVER $800 MILLION TO STAR LINK TO CONNECT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS INCLUDING LOCATIONS THAT WERE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THAT ENDED UP BEING HIT BY HELENE AND THE FCC BACK THEN SAID STAR LINK'S NOT RELIABLE FAST SPEED INTERNET. NOW THEY'RE RUSHING STAR LINK KITS INTO THE EXACT SAME PART OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND FCC IS SAYING IT'S RELIABLE, HIGH SPEED INTERNET. THEY DID A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWED THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES THAT ARE TAKING ACTION AGAINST ELON MUSK THAT SEEM DISPROPORTIONATE AND SEEM THAT CAN ONLY BE EXPLAINED BY POLITICS.

MARIA: IT'S DISCOURAGE CANNING WHEN THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN POLITICIZED AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY REAL AND WHAT IS JUST POLITICALLY LACED IT SEEMS LIKE, IT'S ALL POLITICALLY LACED.