Trump, who declined to be interviewed for the same program, said the network had chosen a better clip of Ms Harris in the full broadcast on Monday, cutting a less focused answer that aired in a preview on a separate show, Face the Nation, on Sunday night.
CBS has been accused of cutting the earlier answer after it was described as a vague “word salad” by Republicans.
The network has also been rocked by accusations of anti-Israel bias following its censure of a Jewish presenter over an interview he conducted with a pro-Palestinian academic.
Amid the controversies, The Telegraph can reveal that the network’s chief executive, Wendy McMahon, donated $6,100 to Mr Biden’s campaign and Democratic fundraising platforms in 2020.
Filings to the Federal Election Commission show the television executive, who was then working for rival ABC, donated to the campaign nine times in the final three months of the 2020 election.
They include two donations of $2,500 to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund, an affiliated joint fundraising committee, and three donations to ActBlue, a fundraising platform for Democrats.
William Burton, Ms McMahon’s husband, donated $100 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2012.
George Cheeks, the chief executive of CBS, the overall network that includes CBS News, also donated hundreds of dollars to Mr Biden’s campaign and other Democrats in the 2020 election cycle.
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The chief executive of CBS News donated more than $6,000 to Democrats, The Telegraph can reveal, amid accusations her network [edited an interview with Kamala Harris](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/10/09/cbs-kamala-harris-giving-two-different-answers-question/) to make her appear more coherent.
[Donald Trump](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/10/03/donald-trump-key-policies-economy-immigration-abortion/) and his supporters have accused CBS of bias over its editing of Ms. Harris’s appearance on the 60 Minutes program.
Trump, who declined to be interviewed for the same program, said the network had chosen a better clip of Ms Harris in the full broadcast on Monday, cutting a less focused answer that aired in a preview on a separate show, Face the Nation, on Sunday night.
CBS has been accused of cutting the earlier answer after it was described as a vague “word salad” by Republicans.
The network has also been rocked by accusations of anti-Israel bias following its censure of a Jewish presenter over an interview he conducted with a pro-Palestinian academic.
Amid the controversies, The Telegraph can reveal that the network’s chief executive, Wendy McMahon, donated $6,100 to Mr Biden’s campaign and Democratic fundraising platforms in 2020.
Filings to the Federal Election Commission show the television executive, who was then working for rival ABC, donated to the campaign nine times in the final three months of the 2020 election.
They include two donations of $2,500 to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund, an affiliated joint fundraising committee, and three donations to ActBlue, a fundraising platform for Democrats.
William Burton, Ms McMahon’s husband, donated $100 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2012.
George Cheeks, the chief executive of CBS, the overall network that includes CBS News, also donated hundreds of dollars to Mr Biden’s campaign and other Democrats in the 2020 election cycle.
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