Censored 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador deportations surfaces online after CBS suppression
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Summary
A 60 Minutes segment about men deported to an El Salvador prison was censored by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss after promotion had already begun. The segment, which was pulled late in the process, was distributed by Canada's Global TV, allowing viewers to access it via VPN and recordings. The 14-minute report has now spread online through various channels despite CBS's attempt to suppress it.
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· 5 pulledYesterday, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a segment of its newsmagazine 60 Minutes about men who had been deported to an El Salvador prison.
Today, it's popping up online.
60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segment online.
Because it was pulled so late, it seems that CBS missed at least one platform for distribution: Canada's Global TV.
Some people used a VPN to watch it; at least one person recorded it, distributing it through an iCloud account.
A 60 Minutes report Bari Weiss suppressed has made its way to the internet after a Canadian channel distributed the unaltered original broadcast copy.
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