US EditionPulled ’60 Minutes’ segment surfaces on web with Canadian broadcaster’s branding
The segment detailed allegations of torture at El Salvador's CECOT prison, with Human Rights Watch reporting nearly half of deportees had no criminal history.
- On Tuesday, a '60 Minutes' investigative segment about migrants sent to CECOT was pulled but mistakenly streamed on Global Television Network's app, prompting takedown orders from Paramount's content protection team.
- The report centered on migrants sent to CECOT amid President Donald Trump's aggressive crackdown and included allegations of torture, sexual abuse, solitary confinement and beatings from deported migrants.
- Reporters corroborated Human Rights Watch findings that only eight deported men had violent or potentially violent convictions using ICE data, and Sharyn Alfonsi, '60 Minutes' correspondent, said the story was factually correct and legally cleared.
- The decision ignited a debate over newsroom independence, as Global Television Network corrected the error but online copies persisted before CBS issued takedowns.
- On Monday, CBS News chief Bari Weiss said the story did not `advance the ball` and noted the Trump administration had refused to comment, raising questions about CBS News's direction under her leadership.
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What we know about CECOT, the brutal mega-prison at the heart of the 60 Minutes controversy
El Salvador's mega-prison known as CECOT is at the centre of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on crime, U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies and the recent controversy about an unaired segment on the CBS news show 60 Minutes. Here's what we know about the so-called Terrorism Confinement Centre, where no loved ones or rehabilitation are allowed.
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CBS didn’t include White House statement about Angel Parents in CECOT segment on ‘60 Minutes’
The White House sent CBS a statement that it did not use for the "60 Minutes" CECOT segment that was delayed by network editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, in which it called on the show to amplify stories of Angel Parents.
The year-long brooch certainly unpleasant to the press in the United States has been a scandal over a decision by the new head of the CBS news section, columnist anti-woke Bari Weiss, hired after Donald Trump’s pressure on the station. Weiss unexpectedly cancelled the broadcast of a report on deportation without the corresponding procedural guarantees of more than 200 Venezuelans by the United States Government. They were sent straight to the Te…
‘Fire them!’ Stephen Miller flips out at CBS ‘revolt’ over shelved ’60 minutes’ report
Senior White House adviser and speechwriter Stephen Miller blew a gasket on Fox News Tuesday, amid reporting of internal anger at CBS after newly-installed right-wing network chief Bari Weiss put a hold on a long-in-the-works “60 Minutes” investigation into the horrific conditions at the Salvadoran CECOT megaprison where President Donald Trump has shipped hundreds of migrants. “Every one of those producers at ’60 Minutes’ engaged in this revolt,…
CBS Censors Report on El Salvador’s CECOT Prison
Its cancellation was political, Journalist Alfonsi denounced. On Sunday, the CBS TV network pulled down the report “Inside CECOT” hours before its scheduled broadcast in the United States. It was part of their ’60 Minutes’ program, and it documented the torture, sexual, and physical abuse at the Salvadoran prison. CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss justified the decision by saying that additional context and more interviews with officials in the adm…
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