A politically influenced call by the MAGA-curious head of CBS News may have been behind the abrupt axing of an anti-Trump 60 Minutes segment on Sunday, according to an email sent by one of its correspondents.
CBS had promoted a report on 60 Minutes that covered the infamous El Salvador megaprison CECOT, which houses immigrants booted out of the U.S. by Donald Trump.
However, reports on Sunday night suggest that Bari Weiss, 41, the new editor-in-chief at CBS, flexed her muscle to yank the segment off the air with just three hours’ notice.
60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi, 53, sent an email on Sunday stating that Weiss “spiked our story” and that the decision was political, not an editorial call, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Not a surprise but I’m glad we have confirmation Bari Weiss is directly making political decisions to not air stories, and that these reporters are fighting back.
Seeing how shameless Weiss is, I don’t expect change, but people at least need to know 60 Minutes and CBS News are no longer reliable.