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CBS News is reportedly set to air the 60 Minutes segment abruptly yanked by its MAGA-curious editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, after her attempts to make changes fell flat. The “Inside CECOT” segment diving into the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan nationals to an El Salvadoran megaprison is expected to hit the airwaves Sunday night,
After the segment was pulled last month, its correspondent told colleagues in an internal email that this decision by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss was a “political one”.
CBS News aired a previously pulled episode of 60 Minutes examining the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador that was largely unchanged from an earlier leaked version, but included additional efforts to seek comment from Trump administration officials.
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CBS airs '60 Minutes' story on Trump admin deportations after it was held over editorial concerns
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered the story set to air Dec. 21 held because she did not think it sufficiently reflected the Trump administration's viewpoint