Article in The Hill by Sarah Fortinsky, 12/25/25
Headline: “Bari Weiss defends 60 Minutes decision in memo to CBS News staff”
: . . .The new top editor’s decision to pull the segment — which was set to highlight conditions inside the notorious Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has deported Venezuelan migrants — drew sharp backlash this week, including from the segment’s own correspondent, who called the move ‘political.’
“But Weiss, in her message to the news staff, attributed the widespread blowback to a ‘slow news week.’. . .”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5663141-bari-weiss-60-minutes-segment/
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Article in Raw Story by John Stoehr, 12/25/25
Headline: “The Bari Weiss 60 Minutes scandal is just one sign of drastic media rot”
“In light of the scandal at 60 Minutes, it bears repeating that the primary crisis facing American democracy is about information. There are just too many ways for the rich and powerful to control the truth. . .”
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