Bari Weiss Cancels Story On Trump's Concentration Camp

Monday, December 22, 2025

CBS News cut an upcoming "60 Minutes" report at the last minute on the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador, setting off an outcry on social media.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 02:32 PM | 82 COMMENTS | permalink

Weiss confirms personally spiking the 60 Minutes CECOT broadcast.

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-- southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) Dec 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Comments

I thought Bari was all about open dialogue and the free exchange of information and ideas?

A Plucky Champion of Free Speech.

Much was made of her Independence of mind in the Media.

All Lies Apparently.

She's a Shill for Jewish Mass Killers and American Criminals.

Scum.

#1 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 04:02 AM

The Sound you hear is Clucking Chickens.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 09:46 AM

CBS parent company Paramount Skydance is owned by a MAGA Republican.

CBS was purchased by a MAGA Republican to do things like quash a 60 Minutes story critical of Republicans.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 09:55 AM

More Oligarchy. Just what we Really Need.

They just buy Policy.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 10:03 AM

Paramount just solidified its bid fro Warner Bros (owner of CNN).

Paramount guarantees Larry Ellison backing in amended WBD bid
www.cnbc.com

...
Paramount Skydance guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

WBD Chairman Samuel Di Piazza previously said the board was not confident Ellison would be as involved as stated.

Paramount notably did not increase its bid on Monday, reiterating that it believes the deal is superior to Netflix's.
...

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 11:56 AM

Holy ---- dumpster fire': Bari Weiss sparks revolt' at 60 Minutes' by spiking CECOT segment

www.the-independent.com

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 12:04 PM

"If the standard for airing a story becomes, 'the government must agree to be interviewed,' then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from being an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."

Sharyn Alfonsi

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 12:13 PM

When is this MAGA twunt going to change the name to CBS Newsmax?

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 12:39 PM

@#2 ... CBS was purchased by a MAGA Republican to do things like quash a 60 Minutes story critical of Republicans. ...

imo, this bit of censorship is just the beginning of what will be happening at CBS News ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 12:42 PM

Censorship? It's called editorial decisions. Heck, Sharryll Atkinson was fired by Ben Rhodes brother for her dogged coverage of Benghazi. Nobody on the left shed a tear over that.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-22 12:45 PM

Editorial decisions like this are POLITICAL,not news based. She is acting as a house censor.

The very opposite of what she was being Feted As.

She's a Fraud.

A plant to silence real journalism.

#11 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 12:50 PM

"She's a Fraud."

A MAGA fraud.

So is Dingaling. That's why he supports her.

Turds of a feather stink together.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-22 12:52 PM

"Censorship? It's called editorial decisions."

"Blowing up fishing boats? It's called national security."

Same energy.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 12:56 PM

She's center left. You all are accustomed to hard left advocacy "journalism".

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-22 12:58 PM

"She's center left."

Zionism isn't center left.
Zionism is hard right.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 01:00 PM

@#11 ... Zionism isn't center left.
Zionism is hard right. ...

Ms Weiss founded The Free Press (which was purchased by Paramount this year).

The Free Press (Common Sense) -- Bias and Credibility
mediabiasfactcheck.com

...
Overall, we rate The Free Press as Right-Center biased due to its consistent criticism of left-leaning views, especially on cultural and social issues.

We rate them Mixed for factual reporting because, while articles are generally well-sourced, the outlet often presents one-sided opinion pieces that lack counterarguments or broader contextual balance.
...

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 01:18 PM

Bari Weiss' much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop

www.the-independent.com

Nice going, MAGAt.

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 01:23 PM

Zionism isn't center left.
Zionism is hard right.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 01:00 PM | Reply | Flag

George Soros would like a word with you...

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-22 02:08 PM

Posted by Dbt2 at 09:35 AM | 13 COMMENTS | permalink

This reads like someone may have been worried about legal action being taken against the company for unverified sources.

#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-22 02:09 PM

Here's the segment pedo 47 ordered Weiss to cancel.

www.muellershewrote.com

#20 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 06:34 PM

[aside to RCade: thx for combining the two threads on this topic]

#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 06:46 PM

George Soros would like a word with you...
#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds

George Soros
Drink!

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 06:49 PM

---- ISRAEL.

#23 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-22 06:59 PM

@#22

Yeah, I thought the #18 was quite funny, especially since Pres Trump seems to be forming a ruling oligarchy, and their first real long-term efforts seem to be taking control of the media.(e.g., the Ellison family and Paramount)

Pres Trump seems to be following Orbán's playbook ...

How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark (July 2024)
www.ap.org

... In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war.

The right-wing Fidesz party cast the June 9 election as an existential struggle, one that could preserve peace in Europe if Orbán won -- or fuel widespread instability if he didn't.

To sell that bold claim, Orbán used a sprawling pro-government media empire that's dominated the country's political discourse for more than a decade.

The tactic worked ...

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 07:00 PM

I watched the segment posted above.

It's obvious why they buried it.

Real Torture, real people.

I felt kinda pissed off actually.

Like I wanted to Stomp on Lewser's,and Lil' Marco's and Cruella's ------- Heads.

Actually.

#25 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 07:05 PM

She's center left.
#14 | Posted by BellRinger

Ms Weiss founded The Free Press
Overall, we rate The Free Press as Right-Center
#16 | Posted by LampLighter

Look how effectively JeffJ has groomed himself.
He's calling center-right center-left.
And he believes it too! He really means it.
He's not trolling, he's being honest here.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 07:18 PM

It's obvious why they buried it.

Its not buried. Its not even cancelled, Bari just saw the story the other day. She just has reasonable questions, and points she'd like covered.

x.com

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-22 07:22 PM

Ms Weiss founded The Free Press
Overall, we rate The Free Press as Right-Center
#16 | Posted by LampLighter

Weiss media ... CENTER.
www.allsides.com

Gaslighter can't even get that right

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-22 07:24 PM

She's center left. You all are accustomed to hard left advocacy "journalism".

#14 | Posted by BellRinger

This assumes that this story lacks any genuine newsworthiness

I would argue this is one of the most important stories of our times

#29 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-22 07:26 PM

RUNT gets caught in another lie.

mediabiasfactcheck.com

#30 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 07:35 PM

She just has reasonable questions, and points she'd like covered.
x.com
#27 | Posted by oneironaut

Bwahahahaha.
That reads just like Republicans denying Global Warming.

We need more data!
The theory doesn't explain everything perfectly, so it's all a lie!
It's just a hypothesis anyway!
There's no control group!

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 07:36 PM

@#31 ... Bwahahahaha.
That reads just like Republicans denying Global Warming. ...

Yup.

#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 07:41 PM

@#28 .... www.allsides.com ...

From that website...
www.allsides.com

... Ratings do not reflect accuracy or credibility; they reflect perspective only. ...

Do try harder ...

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 07:47 PM

She's center left. You all are accustomed to hard left advocacy "journalism".
#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-22 12:58 PM

Bull. Give examples of "hard left advocates" in journalism. Anderson Cooper? Rachel Maddow? Idiot.

Where does that put The Young Turks on your spectrum?

You know this story was fully vetted multiple times so why is Weiss there to kill it?

If the White House can just not comment so it's advocates kill critical news that isn't journalism.

Your entire party is going to be destroyed by it's sheer inhumanity. CECOT is just another Abu Garib, Gitmo or the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

#34 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-22 07:50 PM

" 14 | Posted by BellRinger

This assumes that this story lacks any genuine newsworthiness

I would argue this is one of the most important stories of our times

#29 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2025-12-22 07:26 PM | REPLY"

How come you didn't call me scum or ----?

You feeling okay?

#35 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-22 08:29 PM

#35 You ask, bell boi, "How come you didn't call me scum or ----?.

'Tis simple, bell boi...

Res ipsa loquitur

Or ...

"It goes without saying" means something is so obvious or self-evident that it doesn't need to be stated, but is said anyway to emphasize its truth, introduce a known fact, or sometimes as a slightly passive-aggressive way to point out something obvious to someone else. It functions as a synonym for "obviously," "of course," or "needless to say".

#36 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-22 08:39 PM

@#35 ... How come you didn't call me scum or ----? ...

Perhaps that attribution may now be a given here?

Jus' askin'

#37 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 08:40 PM

Is Trump the President?

Does the Buck stop with the President?

If Trump is Really in Charge, than this policy is Implemented with his tacit and active Approval.

He's setting the tone and demanding certain results.

Cruelty, Torture, No Due Process,the Demonizing of people for nothing.

Dehumanizing Torture for no purpose but sheer Sadism.

Human Rights Violations. Actual Torture.

These are the Lewser's chosen and desired Policies.

He is Totally Responsible Legally and Morally.

---- that ----- and his Satraps.

They Be Trash.

#38 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-22 09:40 PM

@#38

Trying so hard ...

#39 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 10:20 PM

This assumes that this story lacks any genuine newsworthiness
I would argue this is one of the most important stories of our times
#29 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

I would argue, the most important story that will go down in history is, who was running the White House while Biden was mentally incapacitated?

#40 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-22 10:31 PM

If the White House can just not comment so it's advocates kill critical news that isn't journalism.

Theres a trick where the journalist only give the White house short notice, and no topic.

All the MSM do it.

Bari is smarter than you, she caught it and wants the WhiteHouse to respond.

#41 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-22 10:33 PM

#40

That's hilarious.

One of the most important stories that will go down in history is how a mentally and morally bankrupt traitor and convicted felon got into the WH.

And then got Chinese Green Card holders to shill for him.

#42 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-22 10:35 PM

Apparently this story streamed in Canada and is now spreading across the planet.

#43 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-22 10:43 PM

The TrumpCOT Gulag in Portland for Muslim Antifa Terrorists is under construction now.

Complete with gas pipes and valves.

#44 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-22 10:48 PM

@#40 ... I would argue, ...

FTFY

I would lamely try to deflect ...

#45 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 11:01 PM

Seemed like a typical "60 Minutes" piece, factual and through.

Unless Weiss has some undisclosed insider info, I don't see the problem other than it's critical of the Buffoon.

#46 | Posted by et_al at 2025-12-22 11:19 PM

Covie
@covie_93
Bari Weiss forgot that the 60 minutes segment she tried to kill was still streaming in Canada.....you only see this level of incompetence in people who work for trump.

#47 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-22 11:36 PM

@#46 ... Unless Weiss has some undisclosed insider info,...

Yeah, that seems to appear what the action is based upon.

i.e., nothing.

But now, the Ellison Paramount deal looks to be on track to taking over CNN.

Yeah, a different topic. Apologies for that diversion.

#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 11:51 PM

@#47 ... Bari Weiss forgot that the 60 minutes segment she tried to kill was still streaming in Canada.....you only see this level of incompetence in people who work for trump. ...

Was it incompetence, or was it intended?

Asked differently, was Ms Weiss' censorship intentionally applied only to the United States?

If so, why?

If not, well, she seems to be incompetent.

So, which is it?

#49 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 11:55 PM

Lewzer tried to ban a book and now everyone wants to read it. That's what usually happens.

#50 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-22 11:58 PM

@#50 ... Lewzer tried to ban a book and now everyone wants to read it. That's what usually happens. ...

Really?

I found this ...

Between 2021 and 2022, more than 1,600 titles were removed from U.S. schools and libraries at the behest of parents, advocacy groups, elected officials, etc. The paradox? Banning these titles often dramatically increased readership interest in the circulation of banned books.
business.gmu.edu

... What began as banning a book over specific themes -- race, gender, or sexuality -- has turned into a widespread and successful unintended promotional tool for lesser-known authors and politicians.

In a forthcoming paper for Marketing Science, Sabari Rajan Karmegam, assistant professor of information systems and operations management at the Costello College of Business, found a 12% rise in circulation for the top 25 most-banned books. ...

#51 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 01:31 AM

@#49 ... Asked differently, was Ms Weiss' censorship intentionally applied only to the United States? ...

I offer that question once again.

#52 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 01:45 AM

censorship intentionally applied only to the United States?

It's possible. That would kind of make it like the "Gulf of America".

#53 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-23 01:49 AM

@#53 ... That would kind of make it like the "Gulf of America". ...

So... more political than factual?

#54 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 02:25 AM

@#41 ... All the MSM do it ... <

When your current alias is flailing, put the blame on MSM.

That seems to be a tactic of Pres Trump, and also used here..

#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 05:15 AM

She's center left. You all are accustomed to hard left advocacy "journalism".

#14 | Posted by BellRinger

You're absolutely ridiculous.

As expected, despite your incessant puling during the Biden years over mole hills you ignore, excuse and defend the mountains under this administration.

F*&^ off, Gutes Deutsch.

#56 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 10:15 AM

Apparently this story streamed in Canada and is now spreading across the planet.

#43 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Because you can delay and hide a story that contains the truth for only so long.

See *The Epstein Files* for further detail on how that works.

#57 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-23 11:43 AM

" 56 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-12-23 10:15 AM | REPLY | FLAG:

You didn't even respond to my comment. Must have been distracted by truck stop dick.

#58 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 12:00 PM

Because you can delay and hide a story that contains the truth for only so long.
- donorbot

One-sided stories, by definition aren't the truth.

Why do deny you don't want the truth? Just be patient and the truth will be delivered.

#59 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-23 01:08 PM

"Just be patient and the truth will be delivered."

Thanks of a grateful nation to you for your input.

#60 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-23 01:10 PM

When your current alias is flailing, put the blame on MSM.
- gaslighter

I am not flailing, it's a known technique and by MSM I mean conservative and liberal news media outlets. But you're immediately on the defensive, which says more about you than you care to admit.

#61 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-23 01:10 PM

Thanks of a grateful nation to you for your input.
#60 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

Well you and your fellow Lumpers aren't out of the burn unit yet

Sometimes Chinese way is better.

#62 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-23 01:11 PM

If only you could express it so it makes any sense.
Ah, well, the best laid plans and all that ...
Right, Igor?

#63 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-23 01:14 PM

#59 And just what "one-sided" story are you referencing, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut?

#64 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 01:22 PM

#40 Well, since you asked, onepigheadedsmoothbrainaut, they were all well-qualified individuals:

Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2021"2025
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen 2021"2025
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin 2021"2025
Attorney General Merrick Garland 2021"2025
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland 2021"2025
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack 2021"2025
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo 2021"2025
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh 2021"2023
Julie Su (acting) 2023"2025
Secretary of Health and
Human Services Xavier Becerra 2021"2025
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development Marcia Fudge 2021"2024
Adrianne Todman (acting) 2024"2025
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg 2021"2025
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm 2021"2025
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona 2021"2025
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough 2021"2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas 2021"2025
Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency Michael S. Regan 2021"2024
Jane Nishida (acting) 2025"2025
Director of the Office of
Management and Budget Shalanda Young 2021"2025
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines 2021"2025
Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency William J. Burns* 2021"2025

Now, regale us with the sycophants actually running the White House under the insane, Corrupt Caligula.

#65 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 02:01 PM

Watch the eye-opening CECOT segment of 60 Minutes that the Trump regime wanted buried right here: substack.com

#66 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 02:35 PM

Oneironskull watched the segment and got all misty-eyed for the good old days...

#67 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-23 02:41 PM

#65 | Posted by A_Friend

What are you talking about?

Oneironskull watched the segment and got all misty-eyed for the good old days...
#67 | Posted by Angrydad

When were the good ole days?

I don't even recall the CCP massacring the anti-african protestors in Tiananmen square. Something Snoofy wouldn't even object too when presented with the truth, do you?
www.hamptonthink.org

#68 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-23 02:56 PM

#40 Well, since you asked, onepigheadedsmoothbrainaut, they were all well-qualified individuals:

None of them elected.

#69 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-23 02:57 PM

#69 You asked "...who was running the White House ...".

I didn't see any qualifier for "elected" versus "unelected."

Where was that?

Meanwhile ...

#59 And just what "one-sided" story are you referencing, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut?

#70 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 03:00 PM

#68 In my #65 I was responding to your #40 (as clearly noted).

How would you want it dumbed down so that you can more easily understand it?

#71 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 03:04 PM

Posted by A_Friend

It seems like you should've figured out by now that any attempt to engage or educate ironskull in rational conversation is an exercise in futility.

#72 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-23 04:05 PM

#72 Many thanks, Angrydad.

Actually, engaging with such characters in a one-way conversation reflects greatly on their actual commitment to their beliefs.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ...........

#73 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 04:54 PM

#73 | Posted by A_Friend

These people have no beliefs. They come here for attention and responses. Except Boaz. He really is bat --- insane.

#74 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-23 05:07 PM

#74 NW... very, very, NW.

#75 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 05:10 PM

The once great news network is now just a Republican propaganda network like Fox. I guess there will be intense competition to be the most GQP friendly network!

#76 | Posted by danni at 2025-12-23 05:42 PM

You didn't even respond to my comment. Must have been distracted by truck stop dick.

#58 | Posted by BellRinger

You're just carrying banana republic water, completely oblivious to the incessant references you used to make to Pravda and the presence of real and actual censorship from our government with the intent purpose of controlling narratives.

You're a sad sack sycophant with zero critical thinking abilities.

#77 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 05:49 PM

#40 Well, since you asked, onepigheadedsmoothbrainaut, they were all well-qualified individuals:
None of them elected.

#69 | Posted by oneironaut

The irrelevant mumblings of a dishonest fool.

Duhhhhh NoNe Of DeMZ ElEcTedX!!

Of course, not, dips(*&. One of the jobs of a POTUS and their administration (ie advisors) is to make appointments. That's what they're elected to do.

This comment is as useful as the pathetic puling from idiot righties whenever someone says our democratic institutions are under attack that duhhhhh WeRe A ErPuBliCz!!

#78 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 05:50 PM

Here's a summary I had Chatgpt create for those who have not watched the segment.

1. Opening Context:
The report starts by showing men being taken into custody and delivered to CECOT " the Salvadoran high-security facility known for harsh treatment.

2. Firsthand Interviews:
The segment includes on-camera interviews with former detainees who describe extremely harsh detention conditions: Men say they were shackled, forced to kneel for long periods, beaten until they bled, and in some accounts their heads were slammed against walls, breaking teeth. One interviewee describes being put in a dark, windowless room with no ventilation, beaten repeatedly during isolation.
Guards allegedly forced detainees to remain in stress positions for many hours, with beatings if they moved.

3. Former detainees describe severe conditions:
24-hour lighting that prevented sleep.
Lack of clean drinking water " having to drink the same water used for bathing/toilet purposes.
Reports of sexual abuse or assault by guards, according to interview testimonies.

4. Human Rights Analysis: The piece includes commentary from human-rights observers " including a Human Rights Watch representative " who say the conditions are consistent with systemic abuse or torture.
The segment cites data suggesting most detainees had no violent criminal history before being deported and imprisoned at CECOT.

5. Government Statements - The segment reportedly shows clips of statements by U.S. officials supportive of cooperation with El Salvador on detention policies, but also notes that key U.S. agencies declined to participate with on-camera responses for the version that leaked.

#79 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-23 11:27 PM

Abu Ghraib V2.0.

Disgusting.

#80 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-23 11:57 PM

#14 & #41 Jesus-on-a-popsicle-stick are you two of the most insipid people (?) to darken this portal.

Read and learn, you semi-sentient imbeciles:

Z) worked for a newspaper for many years, and the moment he heard Weiss' claims, he had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the White House refused requests for comment. It is Journalism 101 that you ask, and it is Journalism 101 that the answer is often "no." That is, itself, a form of comment.

www.electoral-vote.com

#81 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-24 09:35 AM

#14 & #41 Jesus-on-a-popsicle-stick are you two of the most insipid people (?) to darken this portal.

Read and learn, you semi-sentient imbeciles:

Meanwhile, note again what we wrote at the top of this item: "The Ellisons' investment paid dividends this weekend"sort of." It is true that the story was killed, and may well never reach CBS' airwaves, at least in the United States. However, nobody believes Weiss is calling journalistic balls and strikes, and the credibility of 60 Minutes and of CBS News has taken a giant hit, from which it will certainly not recover as long as she's on the payroll. If the goal is to create a mainstream propaganda operation"a highly dubious proposition"then that effort is clearly failing.

On top of that, we continue to marvel that nobody in these right-wing circles seems to have heard of the Streisand Effect. Heck, at least three decades before there was a Streisand Effect, the Ronald Reagan administration knew that when 60 Minutes was going to do a critical piece, the best thing to do was to make sure it included some footage of Reagan looking dapper, to let the piece run, and then to wait for any negative effects to dissipate, which they tended to do quickly. Now, not only have Weiss and the Ellisons dealt a massive blow to their right-wing media project, they've also given this story vastly more exposure that it otherwise would have gotten, since every outlet is now writing about both CECOT and Weiss' lack of scruples. And it's not like they were even able to completely slay the segment. It ran on CBS outlets in Canada and in other nations, and can easily be found on multiple platforms.

In short, the Fourth Estate is more resilient than the Ellisons, and their highly paid ventriloquist dummy, realized. Maybe if the Ellison family had hired an actual journalist to be their lapdog, they would have gotten at least slightly better results. But probably not. (Z)

www.electoral-vote.com

#82 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-24 09:45 AM

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