CBS Leadership Clash: Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on Deportations

New York, Monday, 22 December 2025.
On December 21, 2025, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss abruptly removed a scheduled 60 Minutes segment regarding the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. While Weiss cited a need for “principals on the record” to meet editorial standards, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi condemned the move as “political,” warning that allowing government silence to veto reporting effectively hands the administration a “kill switch.” The segment, which had reportedly cleared five internal legal and standards reviews, was pulled just hours before broadcast. This editorial intervention highlights a deepening fracture within the legacy network under its new leadership, raising critical questions about the balance between journalistic rigor and access to power in an increasingly polarized media landscape.