CBS News broadcast a beforehand withdrawn episode of the information journal “60 Minutes” in regards to the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to a jail in El Salvador. The submit was little completely different from a beforehand withheld model, however included extra feedback from Trump administration officers.
Prisoners overwhelmed, tortured and sexually abused
The 17-minute-long submit ran on Sunday night. It included interviews with two Venezuelan males who mentioned they have been amongst 252 folks deported by the United States to the maximum-security Cecot jail in El Salvador, the place they and different inmates have been overwhelmed, tortured and sexually abused.
Representatives of human rights teams additionally had their say, citing info from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to CBS’s account, almost half of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador had no felony convictions within the United States, and eight had obtained sentences for violent or probably violent crimes.
Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi’s submit included almost 4 minutes of extra footage. A request to the Department of Homeland Security sought particulars of the felony data of all 252 Venezuelan males the U.S. transferred to El Salvador. The division mentioned it trusts “the information provided by our law enforcement agencies” and can “not share intelligence reports every time a gang member denies membership, endangering national security. That would be crazy.”
The station had closely promoted the present, which was initially scheduled to air on December twenty first. Bari Weiss, the brand new head of CBS News, took the exhibit the air on the final minute, saying extra analysis was wanted. In a memo, reporter Alfonsi mentioned the article had been totally reviewed and accredited by the station’s authorized division. The indisputable fact that her article was withdrawn was not an editorial determination, however slightly political interference.
The submit briefly appeared on-line in Canada, the place a viewer recorded the present and uploaded it to YouTube. In an emailed assertion Sunday afternoon, CBS didn’t elaborate on the circumstances surrounding the postponement. They have been “always determined” to broadcast the “60 Minutes” report “as soon as it was finished.”
The cancellation had fueled issues that CBS was beneath strain from the Trump administration. In August of final yr, the households of Larry and David Ellison gained management of Paramount and thus additionally of CBS News via a merger with Skydance Media.
Larry Ellison is one in every of Donald Trump’s greatest supporters. Paramount Skydance is presently attempting to take over Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Like the takeover of Paramount, this might require the approval of the media regulator FCC, which is headed by ardent Trump aide Brendan Carr. He solely allowed the merger of Paramount and Skydance to occur after CBS paid Donald Trump $16 million due to an allegedly manipulated interview with Kamala Harris on “60 Minutes” and promised to broadcast political promoting in Trump’s pursuits with a manufacturing worth of $16 million.
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