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CBS News' Bari Weiss Reportedly Defends Decision to Pull 60 Minutes Story

Headline from Adweek, from the development of Dec 22, 2025

Newest development Dec 24, 2025 · 3 reportsBari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one report

The CBS News editor-in-chief said the story ‘was not ready.’

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  1. Names this update

    CBS News' Bari Weiss Reportedly Defends Decision to Pull 60 Minutes Story

    Headline from Adweek ·

  2. Newest

    Bari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one report

    Headline from The Week ·

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29 articles, oldest first.

  1. Deadline

    Bari Weiss Tells Staffers '60 Minutes' Piece Needed To "Do More." (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Weiss said that the segment, about Trump deportations to a harsh prison in El Salvador, needed to get principals on camera.

  2. Newsweek

    CBS responds to pulling ‘60 Minutes’ episode as Bari Weiss under pressure (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    CBS said it pulled its '60 Minutes' report on the CECOT prison in El Salvador because it needed "additional reporting."

  3. Talking Points Memo

    Bari Weiss Spikes 60 Minutes Segment at Last Minute (opens Talking Points Memo)

    Published

    Talking Points Memo's feed description

    In an last-minute intervention, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a 60 Minutes segment on the experiences of Alien Enemies Act detainees at CECOT.

  4. Fox News

    CBS, Bari Weiss facing mounting backlash from liberal critics over yanking '60 Minutes' segment (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    CECOT prison segment pulled by CBS News and "60 Minutes" sparks backlash, including from MS NOW hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who both said it looked "bad."

  5. CNN

    Inside the Bari Weiss decision that led to a ‘60 Minutes’ crisis (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump blasted “60 Minutes” for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes.

  6. NPR

    CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.

  7. Salon

    "Bari Weiss spiked our story": CBS yanks "60 Minutes" segment on Trump deportees at the last minute (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    One correspondent said the decision was "political"

  8. The Hollywood Reporter

    Bari Weiss On Decision to Preempt ‘60 Minutes’ Story: “It Was Not Ready” (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

    Published

    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Bari Weiss defends spiking 60 Minutes story about Trump administration and CECOT prison.

  9. New York Post

    Read the memo Bari Weiss sent to CBS staffers after yanking ‘60 Minutes’ spot on notorious El Salvador prison (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss laid out an internal critique of a pulled “60 Minutes” segment on deportees sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison.

  10. Fox News

    '60 Minutes' reporter lashes out at Bari Weiss after segment on El Salvador prison yanked at last minute (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    A CBS correspondent is accusing editor Bari Weiss of pulling her "60 Minutes" segment on Sunday about the notorious CECOT prison for political reasons.

  11. Newsweek

    Bari Weiss addresses backlash after CBS pulls "60 Minutes" CECOT episode (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    The decision, announced publicly about two hours before broadcast, has intensified scrutiny of Weiss.

  12. Jezebel

    Looks Like Bari Weiss Is Facing a '60 Minutes' Rebellion (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    Reporters at CBS News and 60 Minutes are apparently threatening to quit as Bari Weiss steps in to do the Trump admin's bidding.

  13. New York Post

    Bari Weiss defends yanking ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment from broadcast: ‘It wasn’t ready’ (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss defended her decision to pull a controversial “60 Minutes” segment on El Salvador prison, CECOT.

  14. The New Republic

    Bari Weiss Issued Deranged Memo to 60 Minutes Staff on Axed Segment (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    The CBS editor-in-chief had a pathetic explanation for her decision to halt the 60 Minutes segment on Trump’s deportations.

  15. Seattle Times

    Turmoil at CBS News after Bari Weiss pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ segment (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    The fallout has cast a glare on simmering tensions between the old guard of CBS News and Bari Weiss, an opinion writer and editor who took over with virtually no...

  16. Deadline

    '60 Minutes' Segment, Pulled By CBS News' Bari Weiss, Surfaces Online (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    The segment featured interviews with deportees sent to an El Salvadoran prison.

  17. CNN

    ‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

  18. Adweek

    CBS News' Bari Weiss Reportedly Defends Decision to Pull 60 Minutes Story (opens Adweek)

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    Adweek's feed description

    The CBS News editor-in-chief said the story ‘was not ready.’

  19. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Turmoil at CBS News after Bari Weiss pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    CBS News remained roiled Monday by fallout from the decision by its new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, to abruptly postpone a segment of Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was critical of the Trump administration.

  20. The Intercept

    Bari Weiss Is Doing Exactly What She Was Installed at CBS to Do (opens The Intercept)

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    The Intercept's feed description

    Cutting one “60 Minutes” segment is a small price to be paid to keep Trump happy and shape the future of American media.

  21. Washington Examiner

    Weiss pulled 60 Minutes story on Trump deportations, didn't 'advance the ball' (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Staff at 60 Minutes had protested the story's cut, slamming Weiss for what they viewed as a "political" decision not to air the story.

  22. The Week

    Bari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one report (opens The Week)

    Published

    The Week's feed description

    The editor-in-chief of CBS News has become the main story after blocking an approved segment on the controversial prison holding U.S. deportees in El Salvador.

  23. Insider

    Read Bari Weiss' new memo that defends pulling a '60 Minutes' segment and says Americans lack trust in the press (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    CBS News, Bari Weiss, and "60 Minutes" are at the center of a debate after a segment on El Salvador's CECOT prison was pulled.

  24. Variety

    Bari Weiss Defends ’60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’ (opens Variety)

    Published

    Variety's feed description

    CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and other top executives defended a recent decision to spike a "60 Minutes" report on the plight of deportees

  25. The Boston Globe

    Bari Weiss defends held ‘60 Minutes’ story in email to CBS News staff (opens The Boston Globe)

    Published

    The Boston Globe's feed description

    “Right now, the majority of Americans say they do not trust the press. It isn’t because they’re crazy,” Bari Weiss said. “To win back their trust, we have to work hard.

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