CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment featuring investigation into El Salvador’s Cecot megaprison
by Charlotte Simmonds, Jenna Amatulli and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#72AWD)
Backlash after broadcaster announces the program, due to air on Sunday night, needs additional reporting'
CBS News is facing a backlash, including from one of its own correspondents, after it cancelled a 60 Minutes investigation into a brutal prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants.
The episode of its flagship program about the Cecot megaprison was due to air on Sunday night. However, in an editors note" posted on X, the broadcaster's official account announced that the lineup for tonight's edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report Inside Cecot' will air in a future broadcast."
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