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.
WHYY only gets some of it’s funding from NPR, it also gets lots of funding from corporate sponsors, and most importantly I believe about 50% of their funding comes directly from listeners.
By listening to local NPR stations you get a mix of NPR broadcast and local news / independent journalism.
So even if you have a bone to pick with NPR it’s still worth it to give their local member stations a listen.