Bari Weiss held a scheduled CBS report on Trump deportees sent to CECOT

Entities and roles

• Bari WeissCBS News editor-in-chief holding the report
• Paramount Skydance CorporationCBS parent company
• David EllisonParamount chief executive receiving Weiss's direct reports
• CBS Newsnewsroom producing the report
• Donald J. Trumppresident whose deportation policy was the report's subject

Relationships in this file

1. Donald J. TrumpCBS editor overseeing administration coverageBari Weiss
2. Donald J. Trumpoversaw CBS parent during report holdDavid Ellison
3. Donald J. Trumpheld scheduled report on his deportation policyCBS News
4. Donald J. Trumpowned CBS during report holdParamount Skydance Corporation

Claims and evidence

1. factreported

   Weiss said stories may be held when they lack context or critical voices; correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called the CECOT hold political and argued that the administration's refusal to be interviewed was being used to stop the report.

   • The New Yorker: Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS NewsWeiss statement and Alfonsi message after the CECOT report was pulled
2. factreported

   The New Yorker reported that CBS's CECOT segment about people deported under Trump had passed fact-checking, legal review, and five editorial screenings before CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss sought an on-camera administration response and pulled it from the lineup three hours before broadcast.

   • The New Yorker: Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS NewsCECOT segment review process, administration-interview request, and Sunday broadcast hold