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Former CBS News anchor Katie Couric on Monday called out the new leadership at her old network after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss abruptly yanked a “60 Minutes” segment on the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador.
Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.
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CBS, Bari Weiss facing mounting backlash from liberal critics over yanking '60 Minutes' segment
CBS and Bari Weiss are facing backlash after pulling a "60 Minutes" segment on El Salvador's CECOT prison, as critics claim political interference over decisions.
CNN's Brian Stelter reported that Bari Weiss "got personally involved" with "60 Minutes" segments focused on politics after President Donald Trump ripped the network's new owners over the newsmagazine's interview with his once-close ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
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Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates and More Pay Tribute to Rob Reiner in Emotional CBS News Special
Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Jerry O’Connell and more of Rob Reiner ’s colleagues and friends remembered the late director in a CBS News special one week after Reiner was found murdered in his Brentwood home.
Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi is slamming CBS News’ editor in chief Bari Weiss for postponing a report slated to air on December 21. Alfonsi wrote “it is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
CBS News is facing major criticism after it canceled a “60 Minutes” report on Sunday about the notorious prison in El Salvador.
Morning newsman Tony Dokoupil’s out-of-nowhere rise to the anchor desk of CBS Evening News is causing conflict at home with his arch-liberal wife, MSNOW newswoman Katy Tur. Insiders say while Tur, 42,
The CBS News editor said a report on El Salvador’s mega-prison failed to meet editorial standards. The correspondent behind it called the decision political.
America Majority founder Ned Ryun discusses CBS shelving a ’60 Minutes’ investigative piece a day and a half before it was set to air on ‘Jesse Watter Primetime.’
Bari Weiss claimed that segment didn’t advance reporting on the notorious prison enough, though staffers disagreed.