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CBS News Insider: Bari Weiss Met With ‘60 Minutes’ Top Editors to Advance CECOT Story

thewrap.com · Alyssa Ray · last updated

The CBS News editor-in-chief pulled the “Inside CECOT” story in December hours before it was slated to air

Bari Weiss met this week with top “60 Minutes” editors in an effort to advance the newsmagazine’s pulled story on Venezuelans being deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvadorian prison, TheWrap has learned.

A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told TheWrap that Weiss’ intention is to run the piece, not kill it.

 

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