US EditionCBS postpones '60 Minutes' report on El Salvador's CECOT prison
CBS delayed the segment citing need for more reporting and lack of Trump administration comment; over 280 migrants sent to El Salvador's CECOT prison, many alleging torture, NILC said.
- CBS News pulled a '60 Minutes' report on El Salvador's CECOT prison hours before airing, stating it required additional reporting.
- The report covered the Trump administration's deportation of alleged gang members to CECOT, which human rights groups condemned for harsh conditions.
- CBS removed a teaser clip about the CECOT report from its website, prompting accusations of censorship.
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READ: 60 Minutes Correspondent Slams Bari Weiss’s ‘Political Decision’ to Axe Her Trump Deportations Report in Stunning Internal Memo
(Sipa via AP Images) (Screengrab via CBS/YouTube) 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi slammed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’s decision to abruptly pull her report — slated to air Sunday night — on migrants deported to El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison. Alfonsi trashed the decision as a “political one” which amounted to “corporate censorship” in a scathing internal memo to staff. The segment, reported by Alfonsi, focused on men d…
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
A segment on CBS's classic "60 Minutes" was abruptly canceled Sunday night. The program was supposed to be about Donald Trump's deportations to the prison in El Salvador. The reporter behind the segment calls the decision "political."
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