If the intention of CBS News leadership and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss was to bury the controversially delayed “Inside CECOT” story by airing it with no promotion on a little-watched night for 60 Minutes, they got their wish this week.
Weeks after Weiss controversially spiked the 60 Minutes report about Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to the violent El Salvador prison complex CECOT, she finally gave it the greenlight this past weekend. The story, reported by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, largely remained unchanged – but was bookended with new recorded remarks by Alfonsi noting Trump administration officials wouldn’t sit down for an interview.
