
Article in Democracy Now by Amy Goodman & Denis Moynahan, 12/24/15
Headline: “CBS 60 Minutes Censorship Rings Another Alarm, Warning of Corporate Media’s Threat to Democracy”
“This week, we learned another lesson about how corporate media consolidation corrupts democracy. A story on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of shackled Venezuelan men to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison was to air on CBS’s flagship news magazine, ’60 Minutes.’ The segment was spiked by CBS’ newly-installed Editor-in Chief Bari Weiss. This censorship exposes a web of conflicts of interest, and demonstrates, yet again, that democracy depends on a strong, independent media that is a true fourth estate, not “for the state.’. . .”
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/24/cbs_60_minutes_censorship_rings_another