CBS News editor-in-chief argues in memo that network’s priority was ‘comprehensive and fair’ coverage
In the memo sent to staff on Christmas Eve, Weiss said news organizations needed to do more to win back the trust of the American public and vowed that “no amount of outrage” would “derail us”.
“We are not out to score points with one side of the political spectrum or to win followers on social media,” according to the memo, signed by Weiss and other CBS News leadership and published in full by several media outlets. “We are out to inform the American public and to get the story right.”
The internal battle over the story exploded into public view after CBS announced the segment would not be a part of the show, despite extensive promotion. Weiss’s last-minute decision to hold the episode sparked outrage and charges of censorship amid Donald Trump’s second administration, though some conservative commentators generally aligned with the president have defended the move. In a private email sent to 60 Minutes correspondents that was subsequently made public, CBS correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who spent weeks reporting the episode, called the decision a “political one”.
Yeah, well, it’s out there. Go watch it. Go see what the fascists are trying to hide.
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
Honestly really basic stuff about CECOT that most people should already know. But since it’s the USA I’m sure it’s new to most people.
I wish they included some information on the new foreign torture prisons replacing CECOT after it become politically toxic. But for some reason no journalists seem to want to discuss those.
Supposedly that’s Bari’s reason for spiking it. Still, the firsthand account from the people detained isn’t very common, and it’s uniquely telling that the government is citing criminal acts for which the guy pleaded out of and is legally innocent over.