CBS Spikes Trump Deportation Segment Because Politics is CBS’s New Day Job

KEY POINTS

•CBS pulled a '60 Minutes' segment about Trump administration deportations to an El Salvador prison just before airing.
•Sharyn Alfonsi claimed new CBS editor Bari Weiss spiked the story, citing refusal of Trump officials to give interviews.
•Paramount Skydance, CBS’s new owner, recently appointed Weiss editor-in-chief, setting off concerns about political influence.

CBS News yanked a '60 Minutes' piece about Trump admin deporting Venezuelans to a notorious El Salvador prison just days after Trump whined on Truth Social about his 'new owner' Paramount Skydance treating him worse. The piece, reported by Sharyn Alfonsi — who learned on a Saturday that new boss Bari Weiss spiked it after no Trump officials agreed to chat — had already survived five internal screenings, CBS legal eagle nods, and Standards and Practices babysitting. Weiss claims it’s about needing more 'context' and 'critical voices,' but Alfonsi warns the administration's no-comment stance is now their 'kill switch.' All this drama unfolds under Paramount Skydance, the same company trying to snack up CNN’s parent, while Weiss reports straight to Skydance CEO David Ellison, not CBS’s usual chain of command. Meanwhile, CBS, 60 Minutes, and the White House ghosted Axios’s requests for comment. Classic.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

CBS pulls Trump crackdown story for lacking 'context' after Trump refuses interviews. So journalism now depends on despots giving thumbs up? Hot take: Deadline missed when common sense left the building.

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