Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison

Controversially appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says: I held that story and I held it because it wasn't ready'

CBS News was dealing with internal and external uproar on Monday after it pulled at the last minute an investigation for its flagship 60 Minutes show into the harsh prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans from the US earlier this year.

The episode about the Cecot mega-prison was due to air on Sunday night. However, in an editor's note" posted on X late that afternoon, 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."

Additional reporting by Jeremy Barr