Sharyn Alfonsi said her CBS News contract expired over the weekend, ending nearly twenty years with the network and more than a decade on 60 Minutes. She described an intense editorial dispute tied to her December story about the Trump administration’s approach to deporting migrants, specifically involving El Salvador’s CECOT prison. Alfonsi said CBS News top editor Bari Weiss delayed the story to obtain Trump officials speaking on the record, and the story ultimately ran without those comments. Weiss defended the delay as not politically motivated. Alfonsi also said repeated attempts by her representation to establish a path forward were met with silence from network executives. CBS did not provide a response to a request for comment.
"Over the weekend, my contract with CBS News expired, drawing to a close nearly twenty years with the network, including more than a decade at 60 Minutes. Following an intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story"
"Alfonsi said her departure followed "an intense editorial dispute" about her December story about the Trump administration's approach to deporting migrants, specifically involving El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. Weiss delayed Alfonsi's story, citing a need to get Trump officials to speak on the record. The story eventually ran without those comments."
"Weiss defended her decision to delay the story, saying it wasn't politically motivated. "Repeated attempts by my representation to establish a path forward were met with absolute silence from network executives," Alfonsi wrote of her future at "60 Minutes.""
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