Oddly, this part of the 20/20 segment isn't quite as damaging to Ellis as the raw interview transcript was.
In Ellis's opinion, this part is much worse than the interview transcript was. 
mnli hypothesis: In Ellis's opinion, this part is much worse than the interview transcript was.  premise: Oddly, this part of the 20/20 segment isn't quite as damaging to Ellis as the raw interview transcript was.