They pulled the Venezuela prison story at the last minute, and everyone saw it anyway. CBS claimed it “needed more reporting,” but the timing makes it look like censorship, not editing.
CBS in turmoil as 'spiked' 60 Minutes segment on Trump deportations explodes online after accidentally airing on Canadian TV https://t.co/dZlGNLKSlZ
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) December 23, 2025
A 60 Minutes segment that was spiked from Sunday night’s episode just hours before airtime has been leaked online after being played during the show’s Canada broadcast.
The newsmagazine had been set to air veteran journalist Sharyn Alfonsi’s ‘Inside CECOT’ segment, featuring interviews with a group of Venezuelan men who thought they were being deported back to their home country – only to wind up at the notorious El Salvador prison.
But just two hours before the program was set to air, 60 Minutes announced on social media that the lineup had been updated and ‘”Inside CECOT” will air in a future broadcast.’
A source at CBS News explained that network executives determined the CECOT segment ‘needed additional reporting’ after new CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss requested a number of changes.
It appears the schedule change came too late for Global TV in Canada, however, as the original episode aired – with the ‘Inside CECOT’ segment.
That episode is now available on Global TV’s streaming platform, and was quickly shared on platforms like X and YouTube from viewers who posted their own recordings online.
Many had been left outraged by Weiss’ last minute decision to pull the segment, which it had advertised all week, accusing her of censorship and bowing to the Trump administration.
Alfonsi, a reporter for the news magazine since 2015, even declared that Weiss was destroying 60 Minutes’ reputation.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15407933/60-Minutes-segment-online-Canada.html
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