CBS has asked the FCC to reject a complaint by a right-wing public interest law firm alleging a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris represented "news distortion" — with the Paramount Global-owned broadcaster asserting that the complaint is premised on the notion that the U.

CBS on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a complaint over a "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, saying the agency has no lawful role in policing broadcast news editorial decisions.

CBS is calling out the FCC’s inquiry into how 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as inappropriate for the federal agency, while warning that any government sanction against the network “would open the door to regular and repeated second guessing of broadcasters' editorial judgments across the ideological spectrum.

CBS, which is owned by Paramount Global, said sanctioning the company over the interview “would blatantly violate the First Amendment by substituting the government’s editorial judgment for