Archivists Upload Shelved 60 Minutes Episode About Venezuelans in Salvadoran Prison
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Summary
Archivists have uploaded copies of a 60 Minutes episode that CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered to be shelved, despite the episode being reviewed and approved for airing. The episode focused on Venezuelans deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega prison. The archivists have made the episode available via torrent, iCloud, and Mega, demonstrating the difficulty of suppressing content once it's distributed internationally.
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The moves show how difficult it may be for CBS to stop the episode, which focused on the experience of Venezuelans deported to El Salvadorian mega prison CECOT, from spreading across the internet
Bari Weiss stopped the episode from being released Sunday even after the episode was reviewed and checked multiple times by the news outlet
Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
