"The story, exposing conditions at El Salvador's hellish Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison, had been advertised and promoted by CBS over the preceding days. The story's lead reporter, veteran correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, said Sunday night that the story had been fact-checked, had gone through five internal screenings, and had been cleared by the company's attorneys. Weiss, in a pretty severe and dramatic move, overruled the company's checks and unilaterally determined that the story "needed additional reporting," as communicated by a company spokesperson."
"By her estimation, the 60 Minutes segment didn't "advance the ball" with new revelations: Weiss pointed out to her employees that The New York Times has also reported on the human-rights abuses occurring at CECOT, which apparently renders any reporting CBS News wants to do on the topic inessential. Weiss also said during the call that the story was lacking because it did not get "the principals on the record and on camera.""
Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, intervened to pull a completed 60 Minutes segment called "Inside CECOT" that had been promoted and legally cleared after five internal screenings. Lead correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said the piece had been fact-checked and cleared by attorneys. Weiss overruled those checks, saying the segment needed additional reporting, did not "advance the ball" beyond prior New York Times coverage, and lacked "the principals on the record and on camera." Weiss suggested adding the Trump administration perspective and an interview with Stephen Miller, despite the administration's refusal to be interviewed.
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