After CBS was caught editing footage of Bill Clinton saying Hillary Clinton “frequently” suffered from fainting spells, the network was back at it on Wednesday, again censoring unflattering news for the Democratic couple. While reporting on leaked e-mails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King conveniently stopped reading from one correspondence just before Powell referred to Bill Clinton’s sex scandals.

In a news brief at the top of the 8 a.m. ET hour, King told viewers: “In a leaked e-mail, he wrote, quote, ‘I would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend I respect.’ He calls Hillary Clinton, quote, ‘A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational...’” A graphic appeared on screen displaying the truncated quote.

Later Wedenesday afternoon, CBS News digital politics editor Will Rahn tweeted out the full e-mail: “I would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend I respect. A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational, with a husband still dicking bimbos at home (according to the NYP).” Shortly after, CBSNews.com published the e-mail.

Somehow Powell’s colorful reference to the former president’s extramarital affairs was left on the cutting room floor for the morning show, despite King reciting the rest of that particular e-mail word for word.

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This Morning, along with NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America all led with the headline of Powell calling Donald Trump a “national disgrace,” but not one of the network broadcasts mentioned him slamming Clinton in such a personal way. However, NBC and ABC didn’t read from the specific e-mail in question.

Earlier on the CBS program, USA Today’s Susan Page argued that the Powell e-mails were only damaging to Trump:

Well, he doesn't seem to be likely to endorse Donald Trump, whom he calls “a national disgrace and an international pariah.” And do you know what makes these e-mails so powerful? Is that he’s a Republican talking about a Republican candidate. And also that these are his private thoughts, he didn't call a press conference to announce this. This is what he apparently really thinks. And while he’s not happy with Hillary Clinton, it is impossible to imagine him now endorsing Donald Trump after these – after his characterization of Trump in these e-mails. And this is important because Colin Powell is a highly respected figure, very experienced, retired general, former Secretary of State, and a Republican. So when you look at the biggest swing group in this election, which are white college-educated voters, his views could matter with them.

King replied: “He has a lot of credibility on both sides.” Page agreed: “Yes.”

One would assume that “credibility” extends to Powell’s thoughts on the Clintons as well.

Here is a transcript of the September 14 coverage on CBS: