CBS shelves "60 Minutes" episode on Venezuelan deportees in Salvador
發佈日期: 2025-12-23 21:48
TVB News
In the US, an episode of the current affairs programme "60 Minutes" by CBS about Venezuelans deported to El Salvador was pulled down, inciting an uproar within the company.
A segment of the "60 Minutes" story, titled "Inside CECOT," was initially scheduled to be on air at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening, but it was abruptly shelved just hours before airtime with an editor's note claiming it wasn't "ready."
The episode focused on the brutal and torturous prison conditions that some newly-released Venezuelan deportees suffered at CECOT, a notorious mega prison in El Salvador.
Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the piece, criticised the editor's last-minute decision and said it was kept off the air for political reasons.
Alfonsi reportedly said in a private note to colleagues that the story is "factually correct," adding it was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices before the planned premier last Friday.
Backlash inside CBS was swift. Some journalists have raised concerns about the pulling of the "60 Minutes" show and a number of staffs indicated they want to quit.
A CBS News spokesperson said in a statement that the segment "needed additional reporting."
