CBS News reporter Sharyn Alfonsi has aired her concerns about “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at the network after her report on the El Salvador mega-prison CECOT was yanked last year.
The 60 Minutes correspondent spoke on the topic at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday (April 3) as she accepted the Ridenhour Prize for Courage. Alfonsi previously spoke out after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled her CECOT story due to a lack of an on-camera response from the White House.
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