Overview
- Hours before airtime, CBS said the 'Inside CECOT' segment needed additional reporting and would run in a future broadcast.
- Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss told staff the piece was not ready, saying it did not advance the story and required principals on the record and on camera.
- Weiss had urged securing an interview with a senior Trump administration official such as Stephen Miller, according to multiple reports.
- Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called the decision political, noting the story had cleared legal and standards reviews and that government silence should not veto publication.
- A version of the segment appeared on Canada’s Global TV streaming platform and clips spread online, intensifying scrutiny as CBS declined to elaborate beyond its initial statement.