Wisconsin radio network said it edited out parts of Biden interview at his campaign's request
A Wisconsin radio network acknowledged Thursday that it agreed to edit out parts of an interview with President Joe Biden before it aired last week at the request of his re-election campaign.
A Wisconsin radio network acknowledged Thursday that it agreed to edit out parts of an interview with President Joe Biden before it aired last week at the request of his re-election campaign.
Civic Media said in a statement Thursday that "The Earl Ingram Show" conducted a phone interview with Biden on July 3 — one of two that aired the next day. The network said it learned Monday that the program had edited out two parts of the interview at the Biden campaign's request.
In the statement, the network said that "the production team at the time viewed the edits as non-substantive and broadcast and published the interview with two short segments removed."
One of the parts edited out centered on Biden's claims about diversity in his administration — specifically that his administration has employed more Black people than any of his predecessors combined.
Roughly five minutes into the interview, Biden noted that he had selected a Black woman to serve as vice president and said he had appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to be seated on the Supreme Court.
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