CECOT story pulled by Bari Weiss gets viewed anyway thanks to Canadian streaming service

"The story was approved Friday, but Weiss changed her mind about it Saturday and removed it from the Sunday broadcast, saying it was not ready. Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the story, and others have said the decision was a political one designed to placate the Trump administration, which deported 252 Venezuelan immigrants to the prison last spring. Weiss had said that for one thing, it needed responses from administration officials, although they had previously declined to participate."

"Men who were incarcerated at CECOT (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, which translates to Terrorism Confinement Center) described horrific conditions in the 60 Minutes piece. They were sent there because of alleged connections to a Venezuelan gang, although most had no such ties, and without due process. They were released in a prisoner swap in July. "The torture was never-ending. Interminable," detainee Luis Munoz Pinto told Alfonsi, according to CNN."

"The 60 Minutes story on the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador that was pulled at the last minute by CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss is being viewed anyway. "Inside CECOT" appeared on a Canadian streaming platform owned by Global TV. Viewers quickly shared clips and summaries of it on social media, and several have gone viral, CNN and other outlets report. CBS is now getting the clips taken down."

A 60 Minutes segment about the CECOT prison in El Salvador was withheld from broadcast after editorial reversal, yet an earlier version briefly appeared on a Global TV streaming platform and spread online. The decision to remove the piece followed approval and was defended as needing further responses from administration officials, though reporters and others contend political pressure influenced the removal. CECOT detainees described horrific, violent conditions and alleged wrongful confinement tied to purported gang links. Many inmates reportedly had no gang ties and were later released in a prisoner swap in July, while clips and summaries of the footage circulated widely.

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