CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls ’60 Minutes’ story, sparking outcry

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story

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  2. This is just what happens when a rightwing pundit gets to head a media organization

  4. Everyone should tune out CBS Sunday during the NFL broadcast. That should straighten that out.

  5. Of course it was Weiss that made the call. Time to boycott CBS.

  6. Guess CBS news going to lost most of its audience , MAGA only watch Fox News and they not going to change it . Guess normal people who used to watch CBS news not going to watch it since it becomes right wing propaganda .

  8. *News Team,*

    *Thank you for the notes and texts.  I apologize for not reaching out earlier.*

    *I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight.  We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.*

    *Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices.  It is factually correct.   In my view, pulling it now—after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.*

    *We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department.   Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.*

    *If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a “kill switch” for any reporting they find inconvenient.*

    *If the standard for airing a story becomes “the government must agree to be interviewed,” then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.*

    *These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.*
    Sharyn Alfonsi

    CBS is now the National Enquirer and Weiss is David Pecker.

    “And that’s the way it is”- Walter Cronkite

  9. Ellison bought CBS and placed her on top. This is an attempt to make journalism fall in line with business and the administration.

  10. Makes you wonder how much pressure the administration is putting on the media right now.

  12. These people are so incredibly *unsubtle*.

    (They are also beyond irony, given they scream about free speech and the fear of being cancelled…)

  15. I’m guessing the next step will be to fire everyone involved with that story. For “streamlining purposes and cost cutting measures” of course.

  16. How long until the mods delete this? CBS is no longer a news outlet. It’s propaganda.

  18. We used to make fun of China for stuff like this

  22. Pick me loser ushering in fascism for brownie points.

  23. One of the pillars of American journalism has just been blown up by the Trump admin. This feels like an insurgent attack to me. 

  24. This regime and its rich masters/collaborators all about buying everything and implementing state media.

    When the regime falls, all these figures and sales/appointments need to be revoked. The house needs to be cleaned.

  25. She is a complete fraud, always has been. Why are the left wing billionaires letting Ellison and Thiel etc buy up all the media…wake up were losing the battles and the war

  26. TIL Larry Ellison owns CBS and this all makes sense now

  27. Boycott the sponsors – tell them why you’re boycotting them and make a donation to public television.

  28. I don’t understand how people read the words “CBS News chief Bari Weiss” and don’t see how we are completely in our Oligarchy/Kleptocracy phase.

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