A Milwaukee radio station has recently confessed to altering an interview with Joe Biden at the campaign’s request.

Civic media, known for its progressive stance, admitted to falling short of their supposed “journalistic interview standards” by making two requested edits to the recorded interview.

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The interview, conducted post-presidential debate by Earl Ingram, was tampered with in two critical places, both revolving around Biden’s remarks on the black American community, as reported by the Milwaukee Journals Sentinel.

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The edits, according to Civic Media:

  1. At time 5:20, the removal of “…and in addition to that, I have more Blacks in my administration than any other president, all other presidents combined, and in major positions, cabinet positions.”
  2. At time 14:15, in reference to Donald Trump’s call for the death penalty for the Central Park Five, the removal of “I don’t know if they even call for their hanging or not, but he–but they said […] convicted of murder.”

The requested edits removed Biden’s claims of having more Black individuals in his administration than all previous presidents combined, along with a reference to the Central Park Five case where Biden made controversial comments about the death penalty.

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In response to the backlash, the station pledged to release the unedited version but acknowledged failing to meet listener expectations.

Civic Media, realizing their misstep, explained that after the Biden campaign requested alterations immediately post-recording, the production team perceived the edits as trivial and proceeded to air the modified interview segments.

“With a high-profile interview comes a listener expectation that journalistic interview standards will be applied, even for non-news programming. We did not meet those expectations. Civic Media disagrees with the team’s judgments in the moment, both with respect to the handling of the interview questions and the decision to edit the interview audio.” – Civic Media

They admitted that the team’s handling of the interview questions and the decision to edit the audio did not align with journalistic standards, vowing to rectify their policies moving forward.

Earl Ingram, a known Biden supporter, was one of the radio personalities who accepted scripted questions from the Biden campaign for interviews.

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Ingram confessed to receiving predetermined questions, a practice also adopted by Philadelphia’s Andrea Lawful-Sanders.

Lawful-Sanders parted ways with hosting The Source on Philadelphia’s WURD after using pre-screened questions in her interview with Biden.

WURD released a statement emphasizing their disapproval of predetermined questions, claiming it undermines trust and declaring it as not part of their regular operating procedures.

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