Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Tuesday declined to dismiss a complaint from a conservative group over the controversial “60 Minutes” interview CBS News did with former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.

The FCC is considering whether the editing of an answer shown in a clip promoting the "60 Minutes" interview that differed from the answer in the full interview that aired, constituted news distortion. Bill Owens, the executive producer of "60 Minutes," has maintained that the edits were done within standard journalistic practice.

CBS urged the FCC to dismiss a complaint from the Center for American Rights "without delay," stating in a filing that was made public on Tuesday that the transcript and footage "demonstrate that CBS engaged in commonplace editorial practices – specifically, by deciding what material from a lengthy sit-down interview would air in a time-limited television format.”

Carr told Reuters that he was not open to immediately dismissing the complaint, and that there was still an active investigation into the discrepancy. 

“We’re not close in my view to the position of dismissing that complaint at this point,” he said.

The network also cited a group of conservative commentators in its filing that urged the FCC not to punish CBS News.

"[Any action] would violate the First Amendment and chill speech, all while creating the prospect that the commission will serve as the arbiter of acceptable journalism going forward," the group said.

The FCC and CBS have both publicly released the unedited footage of the interview, and the show's official transcript.

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