62 h. ago Bari Weiss defends decision to pull 60 Minutes episode on El Salvador prison

CBS News editor-in-chief argues in memo that network’s priority was ‘comprehensive and fair’ coverageWho is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?CBS News’ editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes episode on allegations investigating a notorious prison in El Salvador, arguing that the network’s priority was to ensure its coverage was “comprehensive and fair”.In the memo sent to staff on Christmas Eve, Weiss said news organizations needed to do more to win back the trust of the American public and vowed that “no amount of outrage” would “derail us”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bari Weiss drops Christmas Eve email to staff defending ‘60 Minutes’ decision to ‘win back’ Americans’ trust in the press

Over the weekend, Weiss intervened shortly before airtime to pull a planned ‘60 Minutes’ segment on CECOT, the notorious Salvadoran prison where the U.S. has sent hundreds of migrants without due process

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4 d. ago ‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller demands CBS remove ‘60 Minutes’ producers over Salvadoran prison story

Controversial CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled the segment and reportedly requested a new cut include a fresh interview with Miller

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5 d. ago ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says Bari Weiss needs to take her job ‘more seriously’ amid CECOT story fiasco

‘It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said during a Monday afternoon meeting.

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5 d. ago Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy | Margaret Sullivan

Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchyOne tries to give people the benefit of the doubt. But now, when it comes to Bari Weiss as the editor in chief of CBS News, there is no longer any doubt. A broadcast-news neophyte, Weiss has no business in that exalted role. She proved that beyond any remaining doubt last weekend, pulling a powerful and important piece of journalism just days before it was due to air, charging that it wasn’t ready. Whatever her claims about the story’s supposed flaws, this looks like a clear case of censorship-by-editor to protect the interests of powerful, rich and influential people.The 60 Minutes piece – about the brutal conditions at an El Salvador prison where the Trump administration has sent Venezuelan migrants without due process – had already been thoroughly edited, fact-checked and sent through the network’s standards desk and i...

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5 d. ago Megyn Kelly argues that Bari Weiss and Ben Shapiro ‘are making antisemites’

‘They are making antisemites. Tucker is not making antisemites. They are,’ Megyn Kelly told Vanity Fair this week.

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5 d. ago 60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prisonA 60 Minutes episode investigating a brutal prison in El Salvador, which CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled from the air on Sunday, appeared online on Monday after appearing on a Canadian TV app.The segment, which runs for nearly 14 minutes and was viewed by the Guardian, provides an in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) prison in El Salvador. It opens with footage of the megaprison and shows detainees being shackled upon arrival in El Salvador. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘60 Minutes’ segment controversially spiked by CBS News editor

The recently installed editor’s decision to pull a story on Venezuelans the U.S. deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process has the staff ready to ‘revolt,’ sources told The Independent

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6 d. ago Epstein survivors call out Trump’s justice department for ‘extreme redactions’ in latest file release – live

The statement says the release was ‘a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation’Schumer to ask Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files releaseCNN reports that some CBS staffers are “threatening to quit” over the controversial cancellation of a 60 Minutes investigation into the brutal CECOT prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants.Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’s decision to pull the story – taken last night three hours before broadcast - has been blasted by members of Congress and the veteran correspondent involved, Sharyn Alfonsi, who had interviewed people deported by the Trump administration to the notorious mega-prison about the “brutal and torturous conditions” they faced. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Morning Joe’ shreds Bari Weiss for spiking ‘60 Minutes’ segment: She’s ‘cosplaying’ as a journalist

‘This story is promoted on Friday. And then it is spiked on Saturday because the White House decides they’re not going to give a comment,’ Joe Scarborough pointed out.

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6 d. ago Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison

Controversially appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says: ‘I held that story and I held it because it wasn’t ready’CBS News was dealing with internal and external uproar on Monday after it pulled at the last minute an investigation for its flagship 60 Minutes show into the harsh prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans from the US earlier this year.The episode about the Cecot mega-prison was due to air on Sunday night. However, in an “editor’s note” posted on X late that afternoon, the broadcaster’s official account announced that “the lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report ‘Inside Cecot’ will air in a future broadcast.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ at ‘60 Minutes’ by spiking CECOT segment

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s going to be fascinating to see how far Bari is willing to double down on the piece ‘not ready’ argument and or/attack Sharyn and [60 Minutes],’ one CBS News staffer told The Independent.

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9 d. ago ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor chokes back tears during emotional farewell amid Bari Weiss revamp

‘Thank you for watching. Good night and good luck,’ the two CBS News anchors said together at the end of the broadcast.

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1 week ago CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop

Following the Bari Weiss-moderated sitdown with Erika Kirk that was a massive ratings flop, CBS News has doubled down on the format and is launching a new town hall series in partnership with Weiss’ “anti-woke” digital media outlet that the network’s parent company recently purchased.

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2 w. ago Anderson Cooper puts end to CBS vs. CNN job speculation as he inks new deal

Anderson Cooper was one of the high-profile names that Bari Weiss was looking to poach to lead a rebooted version of ‘CBS Evening News.’

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3 w. ago Maurice DuBois to exit CBS — leaving ‘Evening News’ with no anchors amid Bari Weiss’ overhaul

CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has been openly searching for a splashy outside hire to take over the perennially third-place evening news broadcast

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3 w. ago CBS News staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ network town hall with Erika Kirk

‘How embarrassing,’ one network staffer told The Independent. ‘Bari’s been Editor-in-Chief for five seconds and has revealed that all she really wants is to be on TV herself.’

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3 w. ago Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk

Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal filesBari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, is scheduled to moderate a network town hall event with Erika Kirk, the widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Guardian has learned.The event will air on 13 December at 8pm and will focus on “grief, faith, politics, and more”, according to internal marketing materials. Continue reading...

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