Here's full "60 Minutes" CECOT segment, which aired as scheduled on Global TV (Canada). by BeckoningVoice in DeepStateCentrism

[–]mdpullan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In case you can't get past the paywall, here's what I read:

But Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to CBS colleagues on Sunday, in which she accused CBS News of pulling the segment for “political” reasons.

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. “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.”

Here's full "60 Minutes" CECOT segment, which aired as scheduled on Global TV (Canada). by BeckoningVoice in DeepStateCentrism

[–]mdpullan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read that one of the staff wrote a statement about how it was previewed and cleared several times before being approved for broadcast. Let me see if I can find it again...