"(Sipa via AP Images) The White House provided comment for the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss pulled off the program, but CBS producers chose not to use it. Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes was originally supposed to include a report on CECOT, the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has been deporting and indefinitely jailing migrants it claims are tied to organized crime. A little over two hours before the episode aired, however, CBS released a statement announcing the report had been postponed."
"That decision, which reportedly came from Weiss herself, was met with a great deal of internal and external outrage. Some within CBS claimed the decision was a political one and not an editorial one, but Weiss argued that the story needed voices from the Trump administration. CBS reporters later clarified that attempts were made to contact various agencies for the story."
"Weiss also claimed the story didn't advance the ball on the ongoing situation in El Salvador, implying the 60 Minutes reporting didn't add anything new to what had previously been reported. On Monday evening, the report leaked thanks to Global TV, a Canadian affiliate of CBS. The network posted the 60 Minutes episode online, allowing people to view it in its original state with the CECOT report. It was quickly downloaded by internet users and spread across the web."
A 60 Minutes report on CECOT, a Salvadoran prison where migrants are being deported and detained, was postponed shortly before airing after Bari Weiss pulled the segment. The postponement generated internal and external outrage, with some CBS staff labeling the move political while Weiss said the story needed Trump administration voices and did not add new information. CBS reporters said agencies were contacted. A Canadian affiliate later leaked the episode online, and CNN reported that the White House had responded to CBS with a comment that the network chose not to include.
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