CBS has faced backlash after allegations it had edited out a reference to Israel's war on Gaza during an interview with Kate Winslet on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The interview, which aired on 24 September 2024, saw Winslet talk about her role as American photojournalist and war correspondent Lee Miller in the movie 'Lee'.
During the interview Winslet spoke about the importance of Miller's work, noting that by bearing witness to the Second World War, she ensured she was a voice for the victims of the war.
However, users on social media site X have since pointed out that Winslet's answer was cut in the recording.
In the cut version, Winslet reported ends her answer by saying that "those stories may never otherwise have been told", before talking about the privilege of making a film about Miller.
However, X users a longer version of her answer which includes a part in which Winslet says: "And everyone's, everyone has a right for their story to be remembered in conflict. And that is so relevant to today."
Users claimed that CBS had made the edit to cut what they said was a reference to "the genocide in Gaza".
"This is propaganda. The American people are the most propagandized on earth," the user added.
Ambereen Dadoubhoy, an Associate Professor of Literature at Harvey Mudd College, added: "What Kate Winslet said is so mild and yet Colbert edited it."
"He's been manufacturing consent for genocide since the beginning," she added.
Kate Winslet has previously narrated the Palestinian documentary 'Eleven Days in May' which covered the 2021 Gaza war.
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CBS has previously faced Gaza-related controversy since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, with an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates by CBS Mornings prompting an editorial meeting with editorial staffers after accusations of bias were made against interviewer Tony Dokoupil.
According to the International Federation of Journalists, 148 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israel in its war on Gaza. Israel has refused to allow international media into the enclave since the beginning of the 15-month-old war.