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'60 Minutes' story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.
CBS News anchor Jericka Duncan was put in the awkward position of covering her new boss Bari Weiss’ shocking eleventh-hour decision to hold a 60 Minutes report. Duncan, a veteran CBS anchor, found herself on Monday night’s CBS Evening News explaining how Weiss pulled a report on the grisly conditions inside an El Salvador megaprison used to detain Venezuelan men deported by Donald Trump.
The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would be aired at a future date, a move that drew criticism from the correspondent behind the reporting.