Here‘s the 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” report that Bari Weiss yanked a couple of days ago.
Sharyn Alfonsi‘s piece was essentially the same story tha was reported by the N.Y. Times several weeks ago. “To run a story on this subject two months later, we need to do more,” Weiss has said. “And this is 60 Minutes. We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera.”
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” Alfonsi stated. “Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
Again, here’s the spiked segment.
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