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What appeared to be a “60 Minutes” report on a Salvadoran mega prison housing US-deported migrants spread online on Monday, a day after CBS News pulled the segment prior to its scheduled Sunday broadcast,
Minutes viewers in Canada were able to screen the pulled segment criticizing Trump after Global TV uploaded the original episode.
CBS head Bari Weiss halted the news report, which highlights alleged abuse and torture of men sent by the U.S. to El Salvador prisons
At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway.
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.
“60 Minutes” announced the odd and abrupt move with an editor’s note hours before the scheduled premiere, almost immediately making headlines at major news publications. Weiss reportedly decided to hold the episode for an unspecified future broadcast after claiming there wasn’t enough included from the Trump administration.
Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.