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The story shown Sunday included statements from the White House and DHS that weren't part of what correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had used before her story was pulled.
CBS News leadership has always been committed to airing the 60 MINUTES CECOT piece as soon as it was ready,” a spokesperson said.
A 13-minute segment about Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration had been pulled at the last minute by CBS News’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
The report, originally scheduled to air on December 21, finally aired on Sunday night (January 18). As previously reported, the segment, based on a report from Sharyn Alfonsi, focused on men deported to the infamous facility under the Trump administration. Weiss yanked it at the time due to a lack of an on-camera response from the White House.
A story on CECOT, reported by "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, left, aired Sunday night. Alfonsi had said the story was first spiked by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, right.
The White House and the Department of Homeland Security provided the following statement for 60 Minutes' report Sunday, "Inside CECOT."
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Ex-Indiana QB fires back after portrayal in CBS 60 Minutes interview
Babe Laufenberg, who led the Hoosiers at quarterback in the early 1980s, took issue with the CBS's segment during a feature on coach Curt Cignetti and Indiana’s rise to the top of the college football world.
The 13-minute segment, titled "Inside CECOT," was pulled just three hours before its scheduled broadcast on December 21.
Minutes will reportedly run the segment controversially yanked by Bari Weiss just before its planned airtime. But it will face tough timeslot competition.