Another CBS Edit: Censors Powell Accusing Clinton of ‘D***king Bimbos’

Kyle Drennen | September 14, 2016
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After CBS was caught editing footage of Bill Clinton saying Hillary Clinton “frequently” suffered from fainting spells, the network was back at it on Wednesday, again censoring unflattering news for the Democratic couple. While reporting on leaked e-mails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King conveniently stopped reading from one correspondence just before Powell referred to Bill Clinton’s sex scandals.

In a news brief at the top of the 8 a.m. ET hour, King told viewers: “In a leaked e-mail, he wrote, quote, ‘I would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend I respect.’ He calls Hillary Clinton, quote, ‘A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational...’” A graphic appeared on screen displaying the truncated quote.

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