BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
(If you already know the story, the video is down at the bottom)
Yesterday, CBS News pulled a story titled “Inside CECOT” just hours before it was set to air.
The report examined the Trump administration’s controversial deportation of more than 250 people — most of them Venezuelan nationals — to CECOT, a sprawling prison in El Salvador where detainees were held under severe conditions. The segment featured interviews with deportees who described brutal treatment and alleged abuse inside the facility.
The decision to pull the story was made by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss, and it triggered a firestorm within the network and, subsequently, in the public. Here’s some info on the controversy and when I update this story shortly, I will link to additional reporting, but I wanted to publish this video immediately as a version of it was taken down on YouTube.
It turns out that the network delivered the segment to Canada’s Global TV app (it has since been pulled).
As I understand it, this is only part of the overall story, but this 13-minute-long video— sent to me by a source —is what exists.
(An earlier version of this story had a video that was filmed with someone’s smart phone, this is a broadcast quality version)
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One of the things I just don't get is how CBS or 60 minutes will ever regain their credibility. The entire reason that 60 minutes exists used to be that it was willing to speak truth to power. Now that it has shown itself too cowardly to do so, it serves absolutely no purpose. I'm sure CBS, just like the Washington Post, will continue to do some good work. But they have shredded all the trust the 60 minutes viewer ever had. Network news has been in sharp decline and I used to care. Now it's good riddance, and to hell with you.
The fact that CBS pulled the report is the issue. It was decision based on politics. Apparently, the president has power over what is aired and that is frightening and concerning for Americans.