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Bari Weiss defends decision to pull 60 Minutes episode on El Salvador prison

CBS News editor-in-chief argues in memo that network’s priority was ‘comprehensive and fair’ coverage

The Guardian - US

Bari Weiss drops Christmas Eve email to staff defending ‘60 Minutes’ decision to ‘win back’ Americans’ trust in the press

Over the weekend, Weiss intervened shortly before airtime to pull a planned ‘60 Minutes’ segment on CECOT, the notorious Salvadoran prison where the U.S. has sent hundreds of migrants without due process

The Independent UK

‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller demands CBS remove ‘60 Minutes’ producers over Salvadoran prison story

Controversial CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled the segment and reportedly requested a new cut include a fresh interview with Miller

The Independent UK

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5 Things You Should Know About the Latest Bari Weiss 60 Minutes Controversy

Is Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes or improving its output?

Reason

Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures

The changes follow a controversy that saw her pulling a story about Trump administration deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison.

Axios

‘60 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.

The Independent UK

Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy

Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy

The Guardian - US

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Controversial '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy leaks online

A controversial "60 Minutes" segment on El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center has been leaked online

The Independent UK

Megyn Kelly argues that Bari Weiss and Ben Shapiro ‘are making antisemites’

‘They are making antisemites. Tucker is not making antisemites. They are,’ Megyn Kelly told Vanity Fair this week.

The Independent UK

CBS Reportedly Tried to Cover Up Story on Trump Sending Migrants to Be 'Tortured' In El Salvador

New CBS News chief Bari Weiss faces internal rebellion after spiking an investigative report on the torture of deported migrants in El Salvador's CECOT prison.

International Business Times UK

60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison

The Guardian - US

‘Bari Weiss screwed up’: CBS tried to kill the CECOT expose, actually broadcast it by mistake, Streisand effect now in full force

Cartoonish levels of incompetency.

We Got This Covered

‘60 Minutes’ segment controversially spiked by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss appears to leak online

The recently installed editor’s decision to pull a story on Venezuelans the U.S. deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process has the staff ready to ‘revolt,’ sources told The Independent

The Independent UK

Trump's 'Censorship' Continues As He 'Stopped' Segment On His 'Inhumane Treatment Of Immigrants'

CBS News pulls a 60 Minutes segment on the 'torture' of deportees in El Salvador, sparking accusations of censorship and political interference by the Trump administration.

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Axios

What to know about CECOT, the prison at the center of "60 Minutes" controversy

CBS News this week pulled a segment on Trump administration deportations to an El Salvador prison.

Cinemablend

CBS News Boss Defends Last-Minute Decision To Pull 60 Minutes Story: 'Our Viewers Come First'

The news media manager shared her rationale.

The Independent UK

‘Morning Joe’ shreds Bari Weiss for spiking ‘60 Minutes’ segment: She’s ‘cosplaying’ as a journalist

‘This story is promoted on Friday. And then it is spiked on Saturday because the White House decides they’re not going to give a comment,’ Joe Scarborough pointed out.

The Guardian - US

Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison

Controversially appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says: ‘I held that story and I held it because it wasn’t ready’

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The Independent UK

‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ at ‘60 Minutes’ by spiking CECOT segment

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s going to be fascinating to see how far Bari is willing to double down on the piece ‘not ready’ argument and or/attack Sharyn and [60 Minutes],’ one CBS News staffer told The Independent.

Reason

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Plus: What's up with consumer spending, that CECOT segment, and more...

We Got This Covered

‘Bari Weiss spiked our story’: CBS News in chaos after new boss grovels before Trump, allows White House to dictate news

"We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."

The Guardian - US

CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison

Backlash after broadcaster announces investigation, due to air on Sunday night, ‘needs additional reporting’

Axios

"60 Minutes" yanks segment, prompting concerns around editorial independence

President Trump recently complained the show was treating him even worse since Skydance bought CBS's parent company.

The Guardian - US

Has feminism failed women? CBS wants to know

Bari Weiss is touting a new debate series at the network as the billionaire Ellisons’ media power grows

The Guardian - US

The tug-of-war over CNN shows how dysfunctional US media has become

The network’s fate has become a battle of corporate ownership, not a question of what benefits Americans

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