Story by Aaron Sousa and Ashley Joannou
December 23, 2025
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Corus Entertainment Inc. has negotiated an amendment to a credit agreement with its lenders to give it some increased breathing room as it works to deal with its debt. The Corus logo at Corus Quay in Toronto is shown on Friday, June 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin© The Canadian Press
A segment of the American news program "60 Minutes," pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV.
Multiple media reports say the program was uploaded to StackTV, Global's streaming platform, though it was not available to watch as of late Monday.
Global TV and its parent company, Corus Entertainment, did not immediately respond to calls and emails requesting comment.
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has said it was her decision to pull from Sunday's broadcast the segment featuring deportees who faced egregious torture at a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The journalist behind the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, has said the segment was cleared by CBS lawyers and is accusing Weiss of trying to appease the Trump administration -- a known critic of the show.
Weiss says Alfonsi's piece presented powerful testimony, but didn't “advance the ball," noting that other outlets had already done similar work.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2025.
— With files from The Associated Press
Aaron Sousa and Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press
Corus Entertainment Inc. has negotiated an amendment to a credit agreement with its lenders to give it some increased breathing room as it works to deal with its debt. The Corus logo at Corus Quay in Toronto is shown on Friday, June 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin© The Canadian Press
A segment of the American news program "60 Minutes," pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV.
Multiple media reports say the program was uploaded to StackTV, Global's streaming platform, though it was not available to watch as of late Monday.
Global TV and its parent company, Corus Entertainment, did not immediately respond to calls and emails requesting comment.
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has said it was her decision to pull from Sunday's broadcast the segment featuring deportees who faced egregious torture at a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The journalist behind the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, has said the segment was cleared by CBS lawyers and is accusing Weiss of trying to appease the Trump administration -- a known critic of the show.
Weiss says Alfonsi's piece presented powerful testimony, but didn't “advance the ball," noting that other outlets had already done similar work.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2025.
— With files from The Associated Press
Aaron Sousa and Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press
'Astonishing': Internet erupts after canned '60 Minutes' segment leaked
Robert Davis
December 22, 2025
Robert Davis
December 22, 2025
RAW STORY
Bari Weiss (Photo via Michael Blake for Reuters)
The internet erupted into a frenzy on Monday night after a video of a canned "60 Minutes" segment from Sunday was published.
On Sunday, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss scrapped a segment on "60 Minutes" about President Donald Trump's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. The video features testimony from deportees who said officers told them they "would never see the light of day again." It aired in Canada even though the segment was not shown in the U.S.
Weiss told CBS News staffers that the story did not meet the organization's editorial standards because it lacked an on-camera interview with someone from the Trump administration
Media experts and analysts reacted to the video after it was leaked.
"This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!" ex-conservative lawyer and Democratic candidate for Congress George Conway posted on X. "Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!"
"Yes, this is real. Yes, it's astonishing," CNN media expert Brian Stelter posted on X. "Global TV, which airs 60 Minutes in Canada, uploaded the original version of Sunday's episode, including the Sharyn Alfonsi segment that Bari Weiss shelved. And now people all across the internet are watching the segment."
"It’s not just the New York Times. It’s not just Tucker Carlson. It’s not just MSNBC. It’s not just Megyn Kelly. It’s not just Peter Twinklage. CANADA effectively told Bari Weiss to pound sand tonight!" Peter Rothpletz, contributor to Zeteo News, posted on X.
"The most dangerous thing about this segment is that it shows America that these immigrants being sent to the foreign gulags are human beings, and the real monsters are the people denying them due process, abducting them and sending them there," Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director for the Campaign for NY Health, posted on X.
Bari Weiss (Photo via Michael Blake for Reuters)
The internet erupted into a frenzy on Monday night after a video of a canned "60 Minutes" segment from Sunday was published.
On Sunday, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss scrapped a segment on "60 Minutes" about President Donald Trump's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. The video features testimony from deportees who said officers told them they "would never see the light of day again." It aired in Canada even though the segment was not shown in the U.S.
Weiss told CBS News staffers that the story did not meet the organization's editorial standards because it lacked an on-camera interview with someone from the Trump administration
Media experts and analysts reacted to the video after it was leaked.
"This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!" ex-conservative lawyer and Democratic candidate for Congress George Conway posted on X. "Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!"
"Yes, this is real. Yes, it's astonishing," CNN media expert Brian Stelter posted on X. "Global TV, which airs 60 Minutes in Canada, uploaded the original version of Sunday's episode, including the Sharyn Alfonsi segment that Bari Weiss shelved. And now people all across the internet are watching the segment."
"It’s not just the New York Times. It’s not just Tucker Carlson. It’s not just MSNBC. It’s not just Megyn Kelly. It’s not just Peter Twinklage. CANADA effectively told Bari Weiss to pound sand tonight!" Peter Rothpletz, contributor to Zeteo News, posted on X.
"The most dangerous thing about this segment is that it shows America that these immigrants being sent to the foreign gulags are human beings, and the real monsters are the people denying them due process, abducting them and sending them there," Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director for the Campaign for NY Health, posted on X.
CBS Journalist Says Bari Weiss Spiked Segment on Notorious El Salvador Prison for ‘Political’ Reasons
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship,” wrote veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
A man is escorted by a CECOT guard on February 6, 2024 in San Vicente, El Salvador.
(Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship,” wrote veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
A man is escorted by a CECOT guard on February 6, 2024 in San Vicente, El Salvador.
(Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson
Dec 22, 2025
COMMON DREAMS
A CBS News correspondent on Sunday accused Bari Weiss, the outlet’s editor-in-chief, of pulling a “60 Minutes” segment on El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison for “political” reasons, shortly before it was scheduled to air.
Late Sunday afternoon, “60 Minutes” said in an editor’s note that the broadcast lineup for the night had been “updated,” removing the planned “Inside CECOT” segment. The note said the report on the maximum-security prison—to which the Trump administration sent more than 200 Venezuelan migrants—would “air in a future broadcast,” without providing any specifics.
In an internal email obtained by the New York Times, veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the segment, said she learned on Saturday that “Bari Weiss spiked our story” and did not grant the journalist’s request for a phone call to discuss the decision.
“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Alfonsi wrote. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
CBS News is owned by Paramount Skydance, a company headed by David Ellison—the son of Trump ally and GOP megadonor Larry Ellison.
Alfonsi went on to note that “60 Minutes” had “been promoting this story on social media for days,” and “when it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.”
“I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight,” she added.
Below is a trailer of the shelved segment, which included interviews with people sent to CECOT. Alfonsi said participants “risked their lives to speak with us.”
In a statement issued late Sunday, Weiss—whose brief tenure at the helm of CBS News has been embroiled in controversy—suggested she pulled the plug on the “Inside CECOT” segment because it lacked “sufficient context” and was “missing critical voices.” Unnamed people familiar with internal discussions at CBS News told the Times that Weiss pushed for the inclusion of a “fresh interview” with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, an architect of President Donald Trump’s lawless mass deportation campaign.
But Alfonsi wrote in her email that “we requested responses to questions and/or interviews with [the Department of Homeland Security], the White House, and the State Department,” but the requests went unanswered.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” Alfonsi wrote. “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.”
The decision to spike the CECOT segment has further inflamed internal tensions at CBS News over Weiss’ leadership. CNN reported that “some employees are threatening to quit” over the move.
“It is unclear when Weiss first viewed the [CECOT] story,” CNN noted. “But she has recently become personally involved in ‘60 Minutes’ stories about politics, the CBS sources told CNN.
Dec 22, 2025
COMMON DREAMS
A CBS News correspondent on Sunday accused Bari Weiss, the outlet’s editor-in-chief, of pulling a “60 Minutes” segment on El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison for “political” reasons, shortly before it was scheduled to air.
Late Sunday afternoon, “60 Minutes” said in an editor’s note that the broadcast lineup for the night had been “updated,” removing the planned “Inside CECOT” segment. The note said the report on the maximum-security prison—to which the Trump administration sent more than 200 Venezuelan migrants—would “air in a future broadcast,” without providing any specifics.
In an internal email obtained by the New York Times, veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the segment, said she learned on Saturday that “Bari Weiss spiked our story” and did not grant the journalist’s request for a phone call to discuss the decision.
“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Alfonsi wrote. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
CBS News is owned by Paramount Skydance, a company headed by David Ellison—the son of Trump ally and GOP megadonor Larry Ellison.
Alfonsi went on to note that “60 Minutes” had “been promoting this story on social media for days,” and “when it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.”
“I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight,” she added.
Below is a trailer of the shelved segment, which included interviews with people sent to CECOT. Alfonsi said participants “risked their lives to speak with us.”
In a statement issued late Sunday, Weiss—whose brief tenure at the helm of CBS News has been embroiled in controversy—suggested she pulled the plug on the “Inside CECOT” segment because it lacked “sufficient context” and was “missing critical voices.” Unnamed people familiar with internal discussions at CBS News told the Times that Weiss pushed for the inclusion of a “fresh interview” with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, an architect of President Donald Trump’s lawless mass deportation campaign.
But Alfonsi wrote in her email that “we requested responses to questions and/or interviews with [the Department of Homeland Security], the White House, and the State Department,” but the requests went unanswered.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” Alfonsi wrote. “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.”
The decision to spike the CECOT segment has further inflamed internal tensions at CBS News over Weiss’ leadership. CNN reported that “some employees are threatening to quit” over the move.
“It is unclear when Weiss first viewed the [CECOT] story,” CNN noted. “But she has recently become personally involved in ‘60 Minutes’ stories about politics, the CBS sources told CNN.
TOO LATE
Watch 60 Minutes ‘Inside CECOT’ Segment Blocked by CBS News Chief Bari Weiss
“Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount Skydance.”
Screenshot of an unauthorized “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants. The piece was blocked from airing by CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss over objections of the reporters who put the story together.
(Image: Screengrab/60 Minutes/CBS News)
Common Dreams Staff
Dec 22, 2025
A social media user on Monday shared at least part of a “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador—where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants—after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss controversially blocked its release.
“Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The canceled ‘60 Minutes’ story has appeared on the Global TV app—almost certainly by accident,” Jason Paris wrote on Bluesky, sharing a link to download a nearly 14-minute video of the segment, which has since been uploaded to various places on the internet.
The segment is titled “Inside CECOT,” the Spanish abbreviation for El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
In a leaked email, “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi wrote that “Bari Weiss spiked our story,” and “in my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
“Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount Skydance.”
Screenshot of an unauthorized “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants. The piece was blocked from airing by CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss over objections of the reporters who put the story together.
(Image: Screengrab/60 Minutes/CBS News)
Common Dreams Staff
Dec 22, 2025
A social media user on Monday shared at least part of a “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador—where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants—after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss controversially blocked its release.
“Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The canceled ‘60 Minutes’ story has appeared on the Global TV app—almost certainly by accident,” Jason Paris wrote on Bluesky, sharing a link to download a nearly 14-minute video of the segment, which has since been uploaded to various places on the internet.
The segment is titled “Inside CECOT,” the Spanish abbreviation for El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
Watch:
“Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount Skydance,” Paris added. Corus Entertainment owns Global TV. Paramount and Skydance merged earlier this year, after winning approval from the Trump administration. Weiss, a right-wing pundit, was then appointed to her position.In a leaked email, “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi wrote that “Bari Weiss spiked our story,” and “in my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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