"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."
"We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story,"
"declined our request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador."
CBS pulled a '60 Minutes' segment about alleged deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison after concerns that on-the-record statements from the White House, State Department and Department of Homeland Security were not included. CBS journalists requested and received comments from those agencies ahead of the expected broadcast, but the piece did not incorporate those responses. A recording distributed by Global TV showed a line indicating DHS "declined our request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador" while omitting substantial portions of DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin’s over-300-word on-the-record comment. Internal correspondence asserted the piece had been screened and cleared by attorneys and standards staff and described the removal as political, adding that government refusal to be interviewed can operate as a tactical maneuver to kill a story.
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