CBS Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes investigative piece on Venezuelan migrants

[Ninga]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.Jp6V.oAQoybHwGjyN&smid=url-share

“ In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, CBS News abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a “brutal” prison in El Salvador.

CBS announced the change three hours before the broadcast, a highly unusual last-minute switch. The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date and “needed additional reporting.”

But Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to CBS colleagues on Sunday, in which she accused CBS News of pulling the segment for “political” reasons.”
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[Ninga]

1. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi does not hold back. Worth the read.

[dalton99a]

2. NEXT: 60 Minutes investigates organizers behind anti-Trump protests

[NCDem47]

3. I also think this episode shows somoene asleep at the wheel

My understanding is that CBS was actively running promos for the piece. It wasn't until that one person saw it (either within Trump admin, Parmount Skydance, or Weiss) that it started likley frantic calls to pull. To decide not to show it just two or three hours before broadcast is ridiculous. That is way, way, way deep into it.

[Ninga]

4. I'm sure it was business as usual with production staff vetting the piece and facts with lawyers 3 times before airing.

It was most likely spotted by someone MAGA during promos.

I am trying to find Bari Weiss email address.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Weiss' efforts to bury the CECOT story have now made it one of the most read stories this year

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6. "Have these people never heard of the Streisand effect?"

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