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Bari Weiss, CBS' editor-in-chief, reportedly held the story about abuses in the facility because it wasn't ready.
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A banned CBS '60 Minutes' segment has leaked online—it's raising questions about conditions in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss blocked a 60 Minutes segment from airing over the weekend after legitimate concerns over copyright issues. The segment, which was later aired by Canadian broadcaster Global TV,
CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" report on El Salvador's CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it would air at a future time. "The broadcast lineup for tonight's edition of 60 Minutes has been updated,
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Inside CECOT: The shocking truth behind CBS’s canceled segment on Venezuelan deportations
Investigative Piece on Migrant Deports Abruptly Pulled On Sunday night, December 21, 2025, CBS News ignited a firestorm within the media industry by pulling a high-stakes investigative segment titled “Inside CECOT” just hours before it was scheduled to air on 60 Minutes.
The segment, which was prevented from airing last minute by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, aired in Canada by mistake on Monday night and has since spread widely on social media
A federal judge gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller offered to send a face-tattooed killer to a CBS producer's home on Tuesday after CBS employees staged a revolt over the network's decision to spike a 60 Minutes episode on the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT,
Minutes’ correspondent says Bari Weiss needs to take her job ‘more seriously’ amid CECOT story fiasco - ‘It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said during a Monday afternoon meeting.
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