CBS News came under fire last month after editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes report on the El Salvador mega-prison CECOT that was unfavorable to President Donald Trump.
The report, originally scheduled to air on December 21, finally aired on Sunday night (January 18). As previously reported, the segment, based on a report from Sharyn Alfonsi, focused on men deported to the infamous facility under the Trump administration. Weiss yanked it at the time due to a lack of an on-camera response from the White House.
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