Her decision to hold the piece caused uproar internally, with at least one correspondent arguing the call was politically motivated.
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
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.
Bari Weiss Defends ‘60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and other top executives defended a recent decision to spike a "60 Minutes" report on the plight of deportees
Employee Slowly Realizes Boss Attempting To Have Normal Conversation With Her
ACWORTH, GA—Taking several minutes to fully process what was occurring, Sinclair Group, Inc. employee Carolyn Belk, 27, slowly and gradually realized this morning that her boss, Doug Fletcher, 48, was attempting to conduct a normal conversation with her. “He came in and asked me how everything was going, and then he started talking about his family’s plans for the holidays and whether I had made plans yet too and I’m thinking ‘Okay, what’s happening here? Where is this going?’” said Belk, who confirmed that it dawned on her only incrementally that Fletcher was not giving her a performance review or assigning her a task or gently reprimanding her for something she had done wrong, but was in fact trying to initiate a casual coworker-to-coworker chat. “It took me a solid five minutes to figure out what was going on, and by that time the conversation was basically over. I pretty much just stared at him.” At press time, Belk was praying that would never, ever happen again.
Vega Breaks Her Silence
The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.
Watch the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see
Thanks to Global TV in Canada, you can now watch the segment that a CBS …
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an exclusive interview with the now-former CBS News correspondent.
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
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A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
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Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (Published 2025)
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
Trump Targets Kristen Welker, Calls on FCC to Punish Her
Trump called for FCC action against NBC's Kristen Welker after she said his GOP endorsements had "some mixed results."
US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda
Critics say segment about airman’s rescue was made to boost public perception of Trump’s unpopular war
Bro what is going on
31 votes, 84 comments. Can someone please explain the backstory on this whole drama?
Bro what is going on
31 votes, 84 comments. Can someone please explain the backstory on this whole drama?
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US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda
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Trump v. Colbert: A Discussion on the Administration’s Censorship of CBS and its Affiliates
CBS ‘Censorship’ of Stephen Colbert Slammed by Democratic FCC Commissioner as Latest ‘Corporate Capitulation’ to Trump Administration
Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview