Bari Weiss denies killing 60 Minutes corrspondant

CBS New President, Bari Weiss in a prepared statement yesterday expressed "Our profound grief at the discovery of correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi's body which has apparently been run over by a giant 18 wheeler". The former CBS employee was found approx 600 feet from the exit of CBS corporate headquarters.

Weiss denied having any involvement with the accident.

CBS abruptly pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on deportees in El Salvador’s CECOT prison as correspondent blasts Bari Weiss

By Zoe Hussain and Emily Crane, NY Post

Published Dec. 21, 2025

CBS yanked a “60 Minutes” segment on Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador’s notorious maximum-security prison, CECOT, just hours before it was scheduled to air — with the journalist behind it sparking a political feud by accusing new boss Bari Weiss of spiking it for political reasons.

The network announced the scheduling change just three hours after the special was set to air late Sunday.

“The broadcast lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated,” the program ‌posted in an Editor’s Note on social media, just saying that “‘Inside CECOT’ will air in a future broadcast.”

CBS also removed a link to the “Inside CECOT” segment page on its website, which had featured a trailer of correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi’s interviews with deportees who experienced “brutal and torturous” conditions at the hellhole prison after being sent there by the Trump administration.

A CBS News spokesperson said the last-minute switch was because the segment “needed additional reporting.”

But Alfonsi quickly fired off an email to fellow correspondents, alleging the network “spiked out story” for politically-motivated reasons.

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Alfonsi wrote, according to the New York Times.

“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

Weiss — who was chosen to lead CBS News in October after CBS parent company Paramount Skydance acquired her online publication The Free Press – quickly defended the move.

“My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be. Holding stories that aren’t ready for whatever reason—that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices—happens every day in every newsroom,” she said in a statement.

“I look forward to airing this important piece when it’s ready.”

The conditions at the notorious prison have come under scrutiny after President Trump inked a deal with El Salvador to house deported violent gangbangers there – including some without trial.

Among them was Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was sent there initially under the Immigration and Nationality Act — despite a 2019 court order blocking him from being sent there over concerns he could face gang violence.

As part of the apparent changes, Weiss had reportedly asked for the program to include a fresh interview with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

“We have been promoting this story on social media for days,” Alfonsi said in her email.

“Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”

CBS News did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.