Overview
- CBS withheld the segment hours before broadcast, saying it needed more reporting and would run in a future edition.
- The piece centers on Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, where former detainees describe brutal and torturous conditions.
- Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi says the story cleared legal and standards reviews and argues the removal was political, calling it corporate censorship.
- Weiss reviewed the package, pressed for Trump‑administration perspectives such as Stephen Miller’s and for language changes, and then ordered it held.
- Canada’s Global Television Network appeared to air the pulled version and a copy is circulating online, though CBS and Global have not confirmed the leak’s origin or authenticity.