CNN host slams Wisconsin radio show for editing Biden post-debate interview: ‘H--l no!’

CNN host Michael Smerconish ripped the Biden campaign and a local Wisconsin radio station for editing out portions of a recent interview with President Biden.

The host, who also has his own radio show, appeared on "CNN This Morning" Friday and told Kasie Hunt that altering audio of a presidential interview and then airing it live is something a radio station should never do.

Smerconish told Hunt that if a presidential campaign asked a show to edit audio, "the answer is hell no! We should have run it live."

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The host’s remarks came after Wisconsin radio network Civic Media admitted on Thursday that its program, "The Earl Ingram Show," made multiple edits to its interview with President Biden before it aired on July 4th, edits that it alleged were requested by the Biden campaign.

In a statement, the network said, "it was reported to Civic Media management that immediately after the phone interview was recorded, the Biden campaign called and asked for two edits to the recording before it aired."

"Civic Media management immediately undertook an investigation and determined that the production team at the time viewed the edits as non-substantive and broadcast and published the interview with two short segments removed," the statement added.

The edits included two portions that were removed, one of which featured Biden bragging about how many Black people are in his administration. The network disclosed that the program removed the words, "…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."

The other edit cut out Biden’s