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New details are shedding light on Bari Weiss’ contentious eleventh-hour decision to hold a 60 Minutes report on Sunday. Weiss, the controversial new editor-in-chief of CBS News, brought the credibility of the network’s flagship program into question after pulling a segment that detailed the grisly conditions at an El Salvador megaprison where Venezuelan men deported by Donald Trump were held.
A “60 Minutes” report yanked by Bari Weiss about the “horrific treatment” of detainees deported from the U.S. to a prison in El Salvador has leaked online after appearing on a Canadian TV app. Canada’s Global News aired the “60 Minutes” episode without the segment on television,
The 13-minute piece, by reporter Sharyn Alfonsi, was available on the website of Global TV on Monday afternoon and early evening. The previous day, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered the story excluded from the broadcast just hours before airtime, drawing accusations of censorship.