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BumRushDaShow

(165,069 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:19 PM 12 hrs ago

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/

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CBS News 'torched' over last-minute cancellation of report on Trump's 'concentration camp' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
CBS was once known as the "Tiffany" network PJMcK 12 hrs ago #1
New ownership wants to sugarcoat the news pfitz59 12 hrs ago #2
That's what happens when you put a moron in charge mdbl 12 hrs ago #3
I doubt that Weiss knows who Murrow was or moniss 12 hrs ago #4
Maybe there needs to be a boycott of CBS and Paramount Du916 12 hrs ago #5
I like Ghosts, Matlock and Elsbeth and that's the only reason I watch that network now kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #6
At least, for now, we know what we missed. underpants 11 hrs ago #7
Moved away from CBS DownriverDem 10 hrs ago #8
C onniving B ull S h*t News Buddyzbuddy 10 hrs ago #9
i watched it and I thought they seemed to dodge current events. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #10

PJMcK

(24,617 posts)
1. CBS was once known as the "Tiffany" network
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:33 PM
12 hrs ago

It was because CBS had excellent programming and their news division was the best.

Now it sucks. I can’t even care any more.

moniss

(8,603 posts)
4. I doubt that Weiss knows who Murrow was or
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:54 PM
12 hrs ago

Cronkite for that matter. If somebody said to her "CBS Reports" her response would be "What is that? Reports what?".

Du916

(138 posts)
5. Maybe there needs to be a boycott of CBS and Paramount
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:58 PM
12 hrs ago

I don’t 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)
6. I like Ghosts, Matlock and Elsbeth and that's the only reason I watch that network now
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:00 PM
12 hrs ago

No more 60 minutes or CBS evening news. If I need Reich wing bs I can turn to fox.

DownriverDem

(6,954 posts)
8. Moved away from CBS
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:13 PM
10 hrs ago

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.

JohnnyRingo

(20,405 posts)
10. i watched it and I thought they seemed to dodge current events.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:51 AM
6 hrs ago

I quit watching halfway through the piece about a cello player.

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