CBS News Boss Pulls Trump Prison Story To Win Back Trust, Or So She Says

KEY POINTS

•In December 2025, CBS News chief Bari Weiss defended shelving a '60 Minutes' segment on Trump’s use of El Salvador’s CECOT prison.
•Internal backlash came after reporter Sharyn Alfonsi called the decision 'political,' causing controversy within CBS and media circles.
•CBS News, owned by Paramount CEO David Ellison, aims for fairness while navigating a high-stakes industry battle involving Warner Bros Discovery and Netflix.

On the December 2025 holiday meet-and-greet, CBS News big boss Bari Weiss dropped a memo defending her last-second pull of a '60 Minutes' bombshell segment exposing Trump’s cozy use of El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison — you know, the one with a reputation worse than your last Zoom call. Signed by Bari and her merry band of corporate chieftains Tom, Charles, and Adam (who all sound like rejected Avengers), the message claimed Americans distrusting the press isn’t insanity, but a cry for fairness—which apparently means burying the scandal until it’s 'comprehensive.' The move provoked internal and external firestorms, with the segment’s reporter Sharyn Alfonsi branding the zap 'political.' Also, thanks to Paramount overlord David Ellison and his $150 million purchase of Bari’s conservative site The Free Press, CBS is busy flexing muscle in a Netflix/Warner Bros Discovery face-off—with Trump himself waving from regulatory sidelines. Merry Christmas indeed!

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When your job is delivering truth but you pause the Trump-CECOR expose to 'be fair,' you might just be producing journalism's version of a participation trophy.

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