CBS News pulls '60 Minutes' segment
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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.
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CBS, Bari Weiss facing mounting backlash from liberal critics over yanking '60 Minutes' segment
CBS and Bari Weiss are facing backlash after pulling a "60 Minutes" segment on El Salvador's CECOT prison, as critics claim political interference over decisions.
CBS News pulled an investigative report on 60 Minutes just a day before it was set to air. It promised a look at allegations of abuse and torture suffered by men deported by the Trump administration and sent to a prison in El Salvador.
CNN's Brian Stelter reported that Bari Weiss "got personally involved" with "60 Minutes" segments focused on politics after President Donald Trump ripped the network's new owners over the newsmagazine's interview with his once-close ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
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.
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