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A\u00a0news segment\u00a0about the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from \u201c60 Minutes\u201d was mistakenly aired on a TV app after the last minute decision not to air it touched off a public debate about journalistic independence.<\/p>\n
The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the\u00a0Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, under President Donald Trump\u2019s aggressive\u00a0crackdown on immigration.<\/p>\n
The story was pulled from Global Television Network, one of Canada\u2019s largest networks, but still ran on the network\u2019s app. Global Television Network swiftly corrected the error, but copies of it continued to float around the internet and pop up before being taken down.<\/p>\n
\u201cParamount\u2019s content protection team is in the process of routine take down orders for the unaired and unauthorized segment,\u201d a CBS spokesperson said Tuesday via email.<\/p>\n
A representative of Global Television Network did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
In the story, two men who were deported reported torture, beatings and abuse. One Venezuelan said he was punished with sexual abuse and solitary confinement.<\/p>\n
Another was a college student who said guards beat him and knocked out his tooth upon arrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get there, you already know you\u2019re in hell. You don\u2019t need anyone to tell you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The segment featured numerous experts who called into question the\u00a0legal basis for deporting\u00a0migrants so hastily amid\u00a0pending judicial decisions. Reporters for the show also corroborated findings by Human Rights Watch suggesting that only eight of the deported men had been sentenced for violent or potentially violent crimes, using available ICE data.<\/p>\n
The decision to pull a story critical of the Trump administration was met with widespread accusations that CBS leadership was shielding the president from unfavorable coverage.<\/p>\n
The journalist who reported the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, said in an email sent to fellow \u201c60 Minutes\u201d correspondents that the story was factually correct and had been cleared by CBS lawyers and its standards division.<\/p>\n
CBS News chief\u00a0Bari Weiss\u00a0said Monday that the story did not \u201cadvance the ball\u201d and pointed out that the Trump administration had refused to comment for the story. Weiss said she wanted a greater effort made to get its point of view and said she looked forward to airing Alfonsi\u2019s piece \u201cwhen it\u2019s ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dispute put one of journalism\u2019s most respected brands \u2014 and a frequent target of Trump \u2014 back in the spotlight and amplified questions about whether Weiss\u2019 appointment is a signal that CBS News is headed in a more Trump-friendly direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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