BURIED BY CBS: The explosive “60 Minutes” segment exposing the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants to a brutal El Salvadoran prison was DELIBERATELY CENSORED by new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, internal emails reveal. This is not a story about journalistic diligence—it’s a SHAMELESS act of political appeasement to smooth Paramount’s mega-merger.
Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi accused Weiss of a politically motivated kill job, a charge that now rings with the sound of TRUTH. Weiss, installed by Paramount CEO David Ellison, didn’t just spike a hard-hitting report—she executed a tactical surrender to a White House notorious for attacking the press. The piece was already PROMOTED, a fact Weiss claims she was “unfamiliar” with, exposing either staggering incompetence or a calculated lie.
And the final, aired version? A GUTTED shell of its former self. The White House wasn’t held to account with new interviews; its statements were simply read aloud. The administration’s grotesque policy of using tattoos—like a swastika on a migrant who denies gang ties—to justify horrific treatment was given a free pass.
This is a CORPORATE COUP masquerading as news leadership. Weiss’s first major act was handing prime-time to the widow of right-wing firebrand Charlie Kirk, while veteran producers who dissent are FIRED. The “CBS Evening News” relaunch has become a laughingstock, with President Trump himself mocking the new anchor on air. The $16 million payout to Trump over a Kamala Harris interview was merely the opening bid in a campaign of total capitulation.
The free press is dead at CBS News. It has been purchased, silenced, and repurposed as a propaganda arm for a desperate merger and a vengeful administration. What you watch is no longer news—it’s a carefully negotiated hostage tape from the ruins of American journalism.
Author: Kayitsi.com
