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The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would be aired at a future date, a move that drew criticism from the correspondent behind the reporting.
The “60 Minutes” segment that CBS News’ Bari Weiss pulled from a Sunday night U.S. broadcast went public on Monday after an unedited version of Sunday’s episode mistakenly aired on the streaming platform of Canada’s Global TV, TheWrap has learned — even as the original version aired on TV screens.
Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.
Weiss, the controversial new editor-in-chief of CBS News, brought the credibility of the network’s flagship program into question after pulling a segment that detailed the grisly conditions at an El Salvador megaprison where Venezuelan men deported by Donald Trump were held.