"Holding stories that aren't ready for whatever reason - that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices - happens every day in every newsroom. I look forward to airing this important piece when it's ready."
"Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
"It was an encounter with torture and death. Many of our fellows have wounds from the nightsticks; they have fractured ribs, fractured fingers and toes, marks from the handcuffs."
Bari Weiss, newly appointed editor in chief at CBS News, halted airing of a 60 Minutes segment about El Salvador's CECOT prison, stating the piece lacked sufficient context and critical voices and would be broadcast later. Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi contends the story was screened five times, cleared by CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, and calls the pull political. The deportation of 252 Venezuelan refugees in March by the U.S. included gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero; those deported were later released in a July prisoner swap. Hernández Romero described torture, beatings, rubber-projectile shots, dark confinement, fractures, and handcuff marks.
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