60 Minutes, Bari Weiss and CECOT
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Judge Boasberg gave Trump officials 14 days to detail plans to provide due process protections for migrant deported to CECOT in March.
CBS said it shelved the segment on the notorious Salvadoran CECOT prison because it "needed additional reporting."
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What we know about CECOT, the brutal mega-prison at the heart of the recent 60 Minutes controversy
El Salvador's mega-prison known as CECOT is at the centre of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on crime, U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies and the recent controversy about an unaired segment on the CBS news show 60 Minutes.
Bari Weiss, CBS' editor-in-chief, reportedly held the story about abuses in the facility because it wasn't ready.
CBS pulled a "60 Minutes" segment hours before it was set to air on Dec. 21, a move that has apparently sparked backlash from its correspondent. The segment was set to feature the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday gave a lengthy sardonic reply to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she criticized the conditions in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement
CBS News and Bari Weiss are facing backlash from liberal critics after they yanked a "60 Minutes" segment about CECOT on Sunday after promoting it.
CBS News abruptly pulled a heavily promoted “60 Minutes” segment about Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador just hours before it was scheduled to air.
CBS correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi was harshly critical of boss Bari Weiss for delaying her segment about a El Salvador prison where the Trump administration has sent illegal migrants.
A "60 Minutes" episode investigating the controversial CECOT prison in El Salvador, which CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly delayed from airing on Sunday, appeared online on Monday after appearing being published by a Canadian TV channel that syndicates "60 Minutes.
The correspondent behind the story says it was postponed for political reasons, while network says it needs more work.
A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of Venezuelan men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership.