Bari Weiss held a scheduled CBS report on Trump deportees sent to CECOT
Reporting and findings
- reported
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
- reported
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
Summary and current status
The report had passed fact-checking, legal review, and five screenings; Weiss sought an on-camera administration response and pulled it three hours before broadcast.
Pulled from the December 21, 2025 broadcast
People and organizations
- 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
- Donald J. TrumpCBS editor overseeing administration coverageBari Weiss
- Donald J. Trumpoversaw CBS parent during report holdDavid Ellison
- Donald J. Trumpheld scheduled report on his deportation policyCBS News
- Donald J. Trumpowned CBS during report holdParamount Skydance Corporation