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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Trump gushes over Bari Weiss and boasts about ‘60 Minutes’ payoff — but TV viewers didn’t see that

Donald Trump spent a significant portion of his lengthy “60 Minutes” interview boasting that the program “paid me a lotta money” and heaping praise on new CBS News leadership, describing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as a “great person” and David Ellison’s purchase of the network as “the greatest thing that's happened in a long time.”

However, viewers who watched the president’s sit-down on Sunday night’s broadcast didn’t see any of that, as it was edited out of the telecast and only included when the network shared the entire transcript and extended interview online.

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