"CBS News abruptly yanked a segment from Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes about El Salvador's infamous Terrorism Containment Center, or CECOT, prison and the accounts of Venezuelan men who were deported there by President Donald Trump's administration. The segment describes the place as a hell hole and one of the most brutal, torturous, and inhumane prisons in the world."
"The decision was made three hours before the broadcast, after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, apparently requested numerous changes to the segment. Weiss was controversially appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News last October despite a lack of experience and fears of politicization at the network famous for unbiased and fierce reporting. Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran 60 Minutes correspondent who produced the segment,"
"accused CBS News of pulling the segment for political reasons. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, she said. The decision to pull the story is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. Weiss was appointed by billionaire David Ellison, a Trump crony, who acquired Paramount Skydance, which owns CBS, only after a controversial $8 billion merger was approved by Trump."
Three hours before broadcast, CBS removed a 60 Minutes segment about El Salvador's CECOT prison that presented Venezuelan deportees' accounts and described CECOT as a brutal, torturous, inhumane hell hole. Producer Sharyn Alfonsi said the piece had been screened five times and cleared by CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices and accused the network of political censorship. Bari Weiss, newly appointed editor in chief, requested numerous changes and said the story needed additional reporting and on-camera responses from Trump administration figures. Weiss's appointment is tied to billionaire David Ellison and a controversial merger approved after a $16 million settlement with Donald Trump.
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