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5 Things You Should Know About the Latest Bari Weiss 60 Minutes Controversy

Is Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes or improving its output?

Reason

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says Bari Weiss needs to take her job ‘more seriously’ amid CECOT story fiasco

‘It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said during a Monday afternoon meeting.

The Independent UK

Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy

Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy

The Guardian - US

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CBS Reportedly Tried to Cover Up Story on Trump Sending Migrants to Be 'Tortured' In El Salvador

New CBS News chief Bari Weiss faces internal rebellion after spiking an investigative report on the torture of deported migrants in El Salvador's CECOT prison.

International Business Times UK

60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison

The Guardian - US

‘Bari Weiss screwed up’: CBS tried to kill the CECOT expose, actually broadcast it by mistake, Streisand effect now in full force

Cartoonish levels of incompetency.

We Got This Covered

‘60 Minutes’ segment controversially spiked by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss appears to leak online

The recently installed editor’s decision to pull a story on Venezuelans the U.S. deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process has the staff ready to ‘revolt,’ sources told The Independent

The Independent UK

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Trump's 'Censorship' Continues As He 'Stopped' Segment On His 'Inhumane Treatment Of Immigrants'

CBS News pulls a 60 Minutes segment on the 'torture' of deportees in El Salvador, sparking accusations of censorship and political interference by the Trump administration.

International Business Times UK

What to know about CECOT, the prison at the center of "60 Minutes" controversy

CBS News this week pulled a segment on Trump administration deportations to an El Salvador prison.

Axios

CBS News Boss Defends Last-Minute Decision To Pull 60 Minutes Story: 'Our Viewers Come First'

The news media manager shared her rationale.

Cinemablend

‘Morning Joe’ shreds Bari Weiss for spiking ‘60 Minutes’ segment: She’s ‘cosplaying’ as a journalist

‘This story is promoted on Friday. And then it is spiked on Saturday because the White House decides they’re not going to give a comment,’ Joe Scarborough pointed out.

The Independent UK

Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison

Controversially appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says: ‘I held that story and I held it because it wasn’t ready’

The Guardian - US

‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ at ‘60 Minutes’ by spiking CECOT segment

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s going to be fascinating to see how far Bari is willing to double down on the piece ‘not ready’ argument and or/attack Sharyn and [60 Minutes],’ one CBS News staffer told The Independent.

The Independent UK

Oil Tanker Seized

Plus: What's up with consumer spending, that CECOT segment, and more...

Reason

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Epstein files shed light on Ghislaine Maxwell’s tactics for luring teenagers

Documents allege Epstein’s accomplice and ex-girlfriend ‘normalized’ his grooming and ‘directed’ girls on what to do. Plus, was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?

We Got This Covered

‘Bari Weiss spiked our story’: CBS News in chaos after new boss grovels before Trump, allows White House to dictate news

"We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."

International Business Times UK

CECOT CBS 60 Minutes Delay Linked to Trump Deportee Plan — Tax Dollars Down $150K+

CBS's 60 Minutes delays costly CECOT prison investigation after Trump praises network owners, raising questions about media transparency on deportation spending.

International Business Times UK

'60 Minutes' Delays CECOT Prison Report as Trump-Era Deportations Face Scrutiny

'60 Minutes' delays a report on El Salvador's CECOT prison as scrutiny grows over Trump administration deportations and ongoing legal challenges.

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The Guardian - US

CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison

Backlash after broadcaster announces investigation, due to air on Sunday night, ‘needs additional reporting’

Fortune

Trump turns on CBS, Kushner pulls out and Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. shows signs of collapse

“If they are friends, I’d hate to see my enemies!” Trump, reportedly close friends with Larry Ellison, father of Paramount owner David, is changing tune.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ obsession causes him to once again lash out at MAGA-friendly owners of CBS

‘If they are friends, I’d hate to see my enemies,’ Trump fumed on Tuesday.

Fortune

Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson on how he learned to 'just keep moving forward' after his famous firing at 22

Thompson was fired on his first—and last—day at CBS News' flagship 60 Minutes. Fifteen years later, he heard what Steve Kroft really thought about it.

The Independent UK

Paramount chief does damage control over ‘60 Minutes’ MTG interview that incurred Trump’s wrath

While the Ellisons have looked to temper the president’s rage over the Marjorie Taylor Greene sitdown, they’ve also assured Donald Trump that they’d make sweeping changes at CNN if Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Mary Sue

‘Can’t take MAGA out of the girl’: Marjorie Taylor Greene snaps back to MAGA outrage mode when 60 Minutes host calls her out

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been on her best “reformed conservative” behavior lately. The pearls, the soft interviews, and the sudden concern for “unity” almost convinced everyone she was a changed woman. Her whole NO-MAGA act was going great, and then she decided to go on 60 Minutes.

The Mary Sue

But Epstein emails? Trump starts his day the usual way and demands apologies from MTG and Lesley Stahl

President Trump must’ve had a rough weekend, because his Monday morning rant was a meltdown for the ages. In a single post, he dragged Marjorie Taylor Greene and demanded apologies from Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes. Oh, and he went right back to Hunter Biden’s laptop like it’s still 2020.

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