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The report, removed hours before broadcast, examined Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvador megaprisonNEED TO KNOWCBS News pulled a 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelan men deported to a notorious El Salvador prison hours before airingCorrespondent Sharyn Alfonsi called the decision political,
The 60 Minutes correspondent sent an internal memo to the CBS News team on Sunday, claiming Weiss abruptly yanked her report on the El Salvador mega-prison CECOT, focusing on men deported to the infamous facility under President Donald Trump ‘s administration.
A battle for political messaging and determination for what kind of face to present to the world can turn a network into a landmine-riddled field of internal power struggles. This sort of jockeying for messaging was highlighted after the CEO of CBS,
Sharyn Alfonsi first appeared on 60 Minutes, the CBS News flagship broadcast, in 2015. She has been honored with numerous accolades over her career, including an Emmy for Outstanding Recorded News Program with 60 Minutes, a Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Silver ...
Hours before airtime on Sunday, CBS News' “60 Minutes” held a planned story on President Donald Trump's deportation policy at the order of the network's new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss