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#60Minutes correspondent says CBS’s #BariWeiss abruptly pulled segment on #Trump #deportations
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, #CBSNews abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump admin to what the program called a “brutal” prison in #ElSalvador.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 16 hours ago

#CBS announced the change 3 hours before the broadcast, a highly unusual last-minute switch. The decision was made after #BariWeiss, the new editor in chief of #CBSNews, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date & “needed additional reporting.”

#Trump #Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 16 hours ago

But #SharynAlfonsi, the veteran “ #60Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to #CBS colleagues on Sunday.…

“Our story was screened 5 times & cleared by both CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

#Trump #Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 16 hours ago

Sunday’s unusual events have once again placed “ #60Minutes” at the center of a #media & #political fracas.

#BariWeiss was appointed in October after #DavidEllison, the owner of CBS’s parent company, #ParamountSkydance, acquired her independent “news” & opinion site, The Free Press.

Ellison’s acquisition of #Paramount earlier this year was approved by the #Trump admin only after Paramount paid $16M to settle a lawsuit that Trump had brought against “60 Minutes.”

#StateMedia #law #censorship

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 16 hours ago

Ellison is currently making a hostile bid to outmaneuver a rival company, #Netflix, & acquire the media behemoth #WarnerBrosDiscovery. He has been courting Trump’s support for his bid, but #Trump has used recent episodes of “ #60Minutes” to suggest he is displeased with Ellison’s stewardship of #CBS.

#StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 16 hours ago

“For those people that think I am close with the new owners of #CBS, please understand that #60Minutes has treated me far worse since the so-called ‘takeover,’ than they have ever treated me before,” #Trump complained on Truth Social last week.

#democracy #StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

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