CBS Responds to Pulling '60 Minutes' Episode as Bari Weiss Under Pressure

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40. Not in defense of Bari Weiss, but ....

It doesn't happen very often (underline very often), but stories do get pulled at the last minute, both in newspapers as well as TV. And in the instances I've seen during my work in print media, it raises ire among the reporter(s) involved and staffers as well, as it did here.

There's a very good rundown of what may have happened at CBS in this latest episode in Brian Stelter's column Reliable Sources today. I recommend reading it. As the column says, Weiss pulled the story about as late as one possibly could. The PR for it had already been sent (and for a story like this, a note from their PR department could come pretty close to deadline).

I don't like Weiss' reasoning that she wanted a comment from Stephen Miller in the piece. We all know what a sleaze he is. But I want to see whether Weiss holds to her word that the piece will air when Miller's comment is included (and that she won't request any more surprise changes). What she's done at CBS so far doesn't put a lot of faith in her work, certainly. But if she really has that much concern for the story, she'll let it go through. We hope.

ADDING: Here's the memo that "60 Minutes" reporter Sharyn Alfonsi sent to her colleagues as reported by Brian Stelter:

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