"In the memo, acquired by Axios, Weiss argued the report did not sufficiently reflect the administration's position or legal reasoning, and said the segment paints an incongruent picture after journalists failed to robustly secure on-the-record responses from senior Trump officials. In a pointed internal email, also leaked, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who crafted the report, pushed back on that point and argued that government silence is a statement, not a VETO."
"At present, we do not present the administration's argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT, the editor-in-chief wrote. She questioned whether the segment relied too heavily on limited soundbites, adding: What we have is Karoline Leavitt's soundbite claiming they are evildoers in America (rapists, murderers, etc.). But isn't there much more to ask in light of the torture that we are revealing?"
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a completed 60 Minutes segment about Trump administration deportations to El Salvador's high-security CECOT prison shortly before broadcast. Weiss argued the report failed to adequately reflect the administration's position or legal reasoning and painted an incongruent picture after journalists did not secure on-the-record responses from senior Trump officials. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi pushed back, writing that government silence is a statement, not a veto, and accusing officials of using tactical refusals to kill the story. Weiss called for intensified efforts to obtain comment from figures such as Tom Homan and Stephen Miller and for competing legal interpretations.
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