According to The Hill, Donald Trump supporters are spreading information that CNN omitted many important and sensitive contents, causing the interview with Kamala Harris to be shortened from 41 minutes to 27 minutes.
Billionaire Bill Ackman - a Trump supporter - posted on social network X to express his skepticism towards CNN: "Are interviews with Trump ever edited by CNN before airing and removing controversial statements?" However, the post was deleted a while later.
Many people believe that CNN pre-recorded the interview and demanded the release of the transcript.
CNN denied all of the above-mentioned baseless allegations on August 31 local time. They also affirmed that the interview was only 27 minutes long and that no content was cut or edited.
The interview with CNN on August 29 was Kamala Harris’s first media interview since she became the Democratic candidate to replace Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also participated in the interview.
Ms. Harris has offered explanations for her changing views on policies on shale oil and immigration.
The US Vice President also emphasized the need to address environmental issues and said they needed to be addressed urgently. However, when asked about her views on political issues, she largely avoided them.