'60 Minutes' is set to finally air the shelved 'Inside CECOT' segment tonight

[SunSeeker]

Nearly a month has passed since CBS News chief Bari Weiss made the extraordinary decision to hold Sharyn Alfonsi’s “60 Minutes” story about Venezuelan men deported by the US to a hellish prison in El Salvador. “I look forward to airing this important piece when it’s ready,” Weiss said.

Evidently, it’s ready now. The “Inside CECOT” report is slated to air Sunday evening, according to sources at CBS.

As Alfonsi wrote in her Dec. 21 internal memo claiming “corporate censorship,” the piece had been fact-checked and legally vetted; it had even been shipped off to the Canadian network that re-airs “60 Minutes,” which is how a bootlegged copy got online, further embarrassing CBS.

That Canadian copy also means media critics will be able to compare the original report to the Weiss-approved version that airs tonight.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/media/cbs-60-minutes-inside-cecot-bari-weiss-exclusive

[Marie Marie]

1. Already watched it on the internet so no need for me to give them any ratings by watching

it now because Barri is feeling the backlash of public opinion and sinking ratings.

[underpants]

2. Versus an NFL playoff game on NBC. They are basically burying it.

with a lot of people off tomorrow for the holiday.

NFL games are ratings kings especially two huge markets like LA and Chicago.

[SunSeeker]

3. Good point. nt

[a kennedy]

5. Just what I was gonna mention......

I will probably DVR 60 minutes.

[underpants]

6. Nasty cold wet Sunday on the east coast. Perfect football weather.

The 1979 east coast blizzard (and fight) that made NASCAR.

https://www.planetf1.com/features/how-one-snow-storm-transformed-nascar-cup-series-history-forever

[Arazi]

4. We can compare today's version with what was released last month

[AStern]

7. She (Weiss) added edits...

But CBS News added two short segments, at the beginning and the end of the report, that included new comments from the Trump administration and additional details about the criminal backgrounds of the Venezuelan men who were sent to the prison, addressing two concerns that Ms. Weiss had previously expressed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-venezuela-report.html

[SunSeeker]

8. CBS basically spliced in previous Trump administration written comments (lies) that the deportees were all criminals.

But then showed the actual documentation from DHS showing only 3.1% had a history of violent crime charges/convictions--either here or in other countries. CBS also noted it asked various individuals in the Trump administration for comment and they all refused.

I can't believe CBS held it up for a month for that.