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The 60 Minutes segment that was spiked by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for not being ready is now readily available online, after the network that airs the show in Canada ran the original version of the program and subsequently released it online.
The decision by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss to spike a 60 Minutes segment mere hours before it was scheduled to air has sparked outrage over what critics called politically-motivated censorship.
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.
Three hours before Sunday’s “60 Minutes” broadcast, CBS took the rare, last-minute step of removing a segment on Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what was described as a “brutal” El Salvadoran prison,
When the iconic American television show went on a 10-day trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp, the team knew they were in for the expedition of a lifetime. What they didn’t anticipate was just how vital a role porters play—often with little recognition.
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.
Bari Weiss told CBS News staffers at the news outlet that she pulled a "60 Minutes" report on "horrific treatment" of detainees sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador "because it wasn't ready.