CBS News Pulls '60 Minutes' Segment; Correspondent Calls Decision Political
Media Industry,CBS Bias,Paramount,Bari Weiss,Immigration,Prison,60 Minutes Bias,Journalism
From the Center
AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
CBS News pulled a planned "60 Minutes" segment on an El Salvador maximum-security prison where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, a last-minute decision that drew a rebuke from one of its high-profile correspondents.
Sharyn Alfonsi said in a Sunday email to fellow correspondents including Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and Anderson Cooper that she learned Saturday that new CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss "spiked our story." Alfonsi said the last-minute change was, in her view, a political decision, rather than an editorial call, according to the email, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal...
Check for Bias
The AI-powered AllSides Bias Checker instantly reveals the bias of a news article. Tap the button to use.