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CBS News on Thursday criticized the White House for violating an agreement it had with the network and publishing President Trump's full "60 Minutes" interview online ahead of Sunday's air date.
"The unprecedented decision by the White House to ignore its agreement with CBS News and publish its footage will not deter '60 Minutes' from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting that presidents have participated in for decades," he said. CBS News in a statement.
Trump posted the 38-minute interview on Facebook after spending days threatening to do so and lashing out at journalist Lesley Stahl, who conducted the interview at the White House on Tuesday.
Later he also published Stahl's interview with Vice President Mike Pence.
CBS News had said the White House recorded the interview with the network, but agreed to use the footage for archival purposes only.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the deal.
The president claimed in his Facebook post on Thursday that the full video revealed "prejudice, hatred and rudeness" on Stahl's part.
But the images revealed no such thing.
They only showed Stahl asking firm questions about the coronavirus and other topics.
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CBS News noted in its statement that "60 Minutes" is "widely respected for bringing its stamp of fairness, insightful reporting and informative context to viewers each week."
"Few journalists have the presidential interview experience that Lesley Stahl has provided during her decades as one of America's leading correspondents, and we hope the public will see her third interview with President Trump and subsequent interview with Vice President Pence this weekend. week, "added the chain.
The interview began when Stahl asked the president if he was "ready for tough questions."
Trump responded that he just wanted her to be "fair."
"But do you agree with some tough questions?" Stahl asked.
"No, I am not," Trump replied.
From there, Trump spent much of the interview accusing Stahl of being biased and "negative" with his questions.
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Towards the end of the interview, Trump became even more frustrated.
The president complained that he had to face tougher questions than his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
The president also told Stahl that starting the interview by asking him if he was ready for "tough questions" was not the "way to talk."
Near the end of the video, an off-camera person told Trump that Vice President Pence would soon be ready for a joint interview with him that Stahl was to conduct after the interview with the president alone ended.
"Well, I think we have enough," Trump said.
«I think we have enough interview here.
Agree?
That's enough.
Come on, come on, ”he added.
Trump's Twitter post about Stahl from '60 Minutes'
Trump's discontent with how the interview went was immediately apparent to the public.
On Tuesday, the president mocked Stahl by posting a video of her on Twitter without a mask.
A person familiar with the situation told CNN at the time that the image in the tweet showed Stahl with his producers immediately after Trump ended the interview.
Stahl still hadn't returned to get his personal belongings to put the mask back on.
He had been wearing a mask since entering the White House and just before the interview began.
Interviews with Trump and Pence will air Sunday on "60 Minutes" along with interviews with Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
The show has a long history of interviewing candidates before elections.
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