"The most dangerous part of Bari Weiss's decision to pull a 60 Minutes segment last weekend isn't that she exercised her authority. It's the precedent she set that refusing to comment can function as a veto over investigative journalism. That is the line journalists inside CBS are now staring at. Once it exists, there's no unseeing it. Over the weekend, Weiss shelved a report by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi examining Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to CECOT, a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador."
"According to multiple reports, it was screened five times, cleared by CBS lawyers and Standards and Practices, approved by the show's executive producer, promoted by CBS News PR, and had Alfonsi's on-air introduction taped. Then, after listings were sent out, Weiss intervened and stopped it from airing, arguing that the piece did not advance the ball and lacked on-camera participation from Trump administration officials."
Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment about Venezuelan men deported to CECOT in El Salvador after extensive vetting and promotion. The segment had multiple screenings, legal clearance, producer approval, and a taped on-air introduction before the decision to shelve it. Weiss cited that the piece did not advance the story and lacked on-camera participation from Trump administration officials. The late override bypassed established institutional processes that signal final decisions. The intervention introduces a precedent where refusal to comment can be treated as a de facto veto, eroding trust in newsroom procedures and consensus-based decision-making.
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