Last week, we reported that CBS distorted Sen. McCain’s answer in an interview that aired a couple of weeks ago.  Well, it appears that the third place network is still at it.   Many of the news outlets have been reporting on former President Bill Clinton’s lukewarm response to a reporter’s question about whether Sen. Obama “is ready to be president.”  It has been discovered by Media Matters that CBS edited out a significant portion of Clinton’s answer so that it gave a different impression than that of the unedited tape.  This is the entire exchange unedited:

SNOW: Is he ready to be president?

CLINTON: Well, in the — you could argue that no one is ever ready to be president.  I mean, I certainly learned a lot about the job in my first year. He’s shown a keen strategic sense and his ability to run an effective campaign. He clearly can inspire people and motivate people and energize them, which is a very important part of being president, and he’s smart as a whip so there’s nothing he can’t learn.

This is what ABC reported:

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SNOW: Is he ready to be president?

BILL CLINTON: Well, in the — you could argue that no one’s ever ready to be president.

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One wonders what else was left out of that interview?