"The segment, reported by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, focused on men deported to El Salvador's infamous CECOT mega-prison, a maximum-security facility long criticised by human rights groups. Despite the fact the report was promoted publicly on Friday afternoon, the report was pulled from the broadcast schedule less than 24 hours later. In an internal email leaked late Sunday, Alfonsi blasted Weiss and ripped what she called a political decision to drop the segment as corporate censorship."
"On Monday's Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemire warned that was uncommon about the decision was the chronology as he relayed how the piece was done and ready and that the issue, according to a CBS spokesperson, stemmed from missing comment from the administration. You know, it's often the administration doesn't have comment. This is something that was edited and promoted. The fact that video footage aired, that is so unusual that they would then pull this down, he said."
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment reported by Sharyn Alfonsi about men deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison. The report had passed multiple rigorous editorial screenings and was promoted publicly before being removed from the broadcast schedule less than 24 hours later. Alfonsi sent an internal email calling the decision political and labeling the removal corporate censorship. CBS cited missing comment from the administration as the reason for the pull. Morning Joe hosts described the standards process as a “living hell,” noted the unusual chronology, highlighted that video footage had already aired, and condemned perceived corporate or billionaire interference.
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