CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss shelved a “60 minutes” segment because she said it needed additional reporting, including an interview with a Trump administration official. Read more
The Washington Post - Dec 24
"No amount of outrage - whether from activist organizations or the White House - will derail us," the CBS News EIC said in a memo sent to staff again defending her last minute decision to pull a segment. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Dec 24
Bari Weiss has once again defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes story on the Trump administration’s deportation of migrants to a prison in El Salvador. Weiss sent a note to staff on Christmas Eve addressing the controversial decision. She said that the majority of Americans say they do not “... Read more
Deadline - Dec 24
At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway. Read more
The New York Times - Dec 23
Pulled by CBS News, a “60 Minutes” report about deportees sent by the Trump administration to a notorious Salvadoran prison was streamed in Canada. Read more
Nbc News - Dec 23
Weiss told staff the piece failed to present the Trump administration’s case and would have “done our viewers a disservice” if it aired as is. Read more
New York Post - Dec 22
CBS said it pulled its '60 Minutes' report on the CECOT prison in El Salvador because it needed "additional reporting." Read more
Newsweek - Dec 22
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was offered up as the MAGA-friendly solution to green-lighting a controversial 60 Minutes report that was pulled from the air at the last minute.Bari Weiss, the Trump-curious new editor-in-chief at CBS News, intervene... Read more
The Daily Beast - Dec 22
The Islanders are vastly improved in overtime and shootouts compared to last season. Read more
Newsday - Dec 15
60 Minutes reported from Hong Kong in 2019, when months of pro-democracy demonstrations turned increasingly violent. Jimmy Lai, a media company owner and democracy advocate, spoke with Holly Williams at the time about criticizing the Chinese government. Lai, now 78, was arrested in 2020, and conv... Read more
Cbs News - Dec 15
