CBS News 'torched' over last-minute cancellation of report on Trump's 'concentration camp'
Source: Raw Story
December 21, 2025 6:18PM ET
CBS News cut an upcoming "60 Minutes" report at the last minute on the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador, setting off an outcry on social media.
The network's flagship news magazine had been scheduled to broadcast a report Sunday on a group of Venezuelan men thought they were being deported back to their country of origin, but instead, they were delivered to CECOT, until the plans were scrapped about two hours before the program was set to air.
"The broadcast lineup for tonight's edition of 60 minutes has been updated," the program posted on its social media accounts. "Our report 'Inside CECOT' will air in a future broadcast." The decision sparked criticism and raised questions about its newly installed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss immediately.
"Murrow dies again," sighed popular Bluesky account Grudgie the Whale. "A news program with a legacy built up over 55 years," lamented Bluesky user Skeet Child O' Mine. "All torched by Bari Weiss in under a year." "I grew up watching 60 Minutes every Sunday with my dad," stated Bluesky user Lee Marvin Oswald. "I continued that tradition with my own family. No more. You have really failed us. What a sad end to such a storied and long-running institution. And for what? Pathetic."
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/60-minutes-cecot/
PJMcK
(24,617 posts)It was because CBS had excellent programming and their news division was the best.
Now it sucks. I cant even care any more.
pfitz59
(12,245 posts)and appease the all powerful Trump
mdbl
(8,002 posts)and of course it's by design.
moniss
(8,603 posts)Cronkite for that matter. If somebody said to her "CBS Reports" her response would be "What is that? Reports what?".
Du916
(138 posts)I dont watch CBS because there is no programming on that network I care about. I subscribe to Paramount+ but will be cancelling.
kimbutgar
(26,664 posts)No more 60 minutes or CBS evening news. If I need Reich wing bs I can turn to fox.
underpants
(194,545 posts)DownriverDem
(6,954 posts)For a reliable left leaning news source, go to YouTube.com (free one). Search MeidasTouch. They report often and have saved my sanity truth wise.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,045 posts)JohnnyRingo
(20,405 posts)I quit watching halfway through the piece about a cello player.