US Edition"60 Minutes" Airing Report on Trump Deportations that Was Suddenly Pulled a Month Ago
The delayed 60 Minutes report on deportations to El Salvador’s CECOT prison airs after political pressure claims; about 240 Venezuelans were deported without due process, Cato Institute says.
- Sunday, 60 Minutes will air the delayed Inside CECOT segment on Trump administration deportations, four weeks after it was pulled from the Dec. 21 lineup.
- When Bari Weiss pulled it last month, she shelved the Dec. 21 airing despite the report being legally vetted and ready, saying it needed additional reporting and stronger sourcing.
- A Canadian copy leaked online and clips quickly spread on YouTube and X, while Sharyn Alfonsi, 60 Minutes correspondent, accused the move of political censorship.
- The version set to air contains Trump administration statements and three minutes of new reporting but includes no on-screen interviews and faces NFL divisional round playoff game competition.
- Critics warn the move signals corporate pressure as Bari Weiss’s shelving raises newsroom-independence concerns and Sharyn Alfonsi’s contract lapses this summer, risking her career.
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'60 Minutes' airs report on Trump deportations that was abruptly pulled
“60 Minutes” on Sunday aired its story about Trump administration deportations that was abruptly pulled from the newsmagazine’s lineup a month ago, a move that had triggered an internal battle about political pressure that spilled out into the open
By DAVID BAUDER The weekly news program “60 Minutes” aired its report on the deportations ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday. The report, which had been abruptly pulled from the schedule a month earlier, sparked an internal battle over political pressure that ultimately came to light. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi made no mention of her dispute with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in the report about the deportees wh…
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BizTocOne Month Later, CBS Airs Postponed ‘60 Minutes’ Report With Few Changes
CBS News faced a firestorm last month after its new editor in chief, Bari Weiss, postponed a “60 Minutes” report hours before it was set to air. Ms. Weiss said the piece, which featured the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a brutal Salvadoran prison, needed work; the correspondent who reported the segment called the decision “political.” The 13-minute report finally aired on Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” witho…
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