60 Minutes Pulls Trump Megaprison Segment After Trump Complains
Axios reports that '60 Minutes' pulled a segment on Trump's deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador's harrowing CECOT prison, with staffers alleging political motivation. Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss (who coincidentally joined CBS News leadership in 2024 via a parent company acquisition, just before the purported segment was to air) cited insufficient official comment, despite correspondent Sharyn
Alfonsi confirming the story's factual accuracy and legal vetting. One might wonder if 'official comment' now means pre-approval from those being scrutinized, considering Trump himself complained the show was treating him 'far worse' after the acquisition. The timing, of course, is a mere coincidence. This isn't about CECOT's documented human rights abuses, mind you, or Trump's 'harsh immigration
crackdown' that literally shipped asylum seekers to a widely condemned mega-prison. No, this is about the delicate feelings of a public figure who now, apparently, wields editorial control over one of America's most revered news programs simply by complaining on Truth Social. It makes you wonder what other inconvenient truths are being 'vetted' into oblivion.