Thank goodness CBS has someone at the helm who takes her job seriously.
60 Minutes abruptly pulled a segment that would have likely been a sob story about deportees sent to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
You know, the prison that held the Left’s beloved “Maryland Man.”
Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, who interviewed the deportees, slammed the decision made by CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss:
Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues stating that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the Trump administration and the transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.In the email — which was first reported on by the Wall Street Journal — Alfonsi compares the decision to spike the story to the Jeffrey Wigand scandal.Jeffrey Wigand was a tobacco industry whistleblower whose interview was initially withheld by CBS in the 1990s over legal concerns, a decision that severely damaged the network’s credibility and became one of the most infamous episodes in broadcast journalism.Alfonsi writes that Weiss declined to speak with her about the decision.She also says the move was political rather than editorial.“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Alfonsi wrote. “It is factually correct.”
Townhall’s Guy Benson reminded everyone that Alfonsi was behind a 2021 story that tried to smear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Blah blah blah.
Well, Weiss fired back:
“My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be. Holding stories that aren’t ready for whatever reason — that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices — happens every day in every newsroom. I look forward to airing this important piece when it’s ready.”
In other words, it wasn’t ready. Weiss obviously found significant problems with the segment.
I mean, how many times have we covered 60 Minutes controversies? Too many.
Let’s not forget that CBS News had to pay President Donald Trump $16 million over the deceptive 2024 interview with Kamala Harris.
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