On Monday, while CBS News was taking the irregular step of acquiescing to a Federal Communications Commission request for the unedited footage and transcript of Bill Whitaker’s 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, the show’s executive producer was fervently trying to defend the network’s integrity, and his own. In an all-hands meeting, Bill Owens acknowledged that CBS was complying with F.C.C. demands, but asserted that he would not apologize for the editing discrepancy at the heart of the federal inquiry: the fact that 60 Minutes and Face the Nation each aired different portions of the vice president’s remarks. “The company knows I will not apologize for anything we have done,” he said. “The edit is perfectly fine. Let’s put that to bed so we can get on with our lives.”