60 Minutes correspondent rips ‘political’ decision to pull segment on Trump deportations

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A 60 Minutes segment detailing the Trump administration’s deportations to a maximum security prison in El Salvador was pulled Sunday night, stirring controversy within the news organization.

The correspondent who reported the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, accused new CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of “spiking” the segment after Weiss said it needed further reporting to air.

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