CBS halted a vetted 60 Minutes investigation hours before its Dec. 22, 2025 broadcast, raising concerns about editorial independence.<br /><br />The pulled segment, “Inside CECOT,” examined alleged abuse at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center and cited Human Rights Watch and UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss publicly diverged, with CBS News standards and legal reviews complete.<br /><br />Weiss attributed the decision to the Trump administration’s refusal to sit for an on-camera interview and said the piece offered limited new findings. Staff emails warned of a precedent, the report aired in Canada, spread online, and 60 Minutes viewership fell from 10.4 million in Dec. 2025 to 8.97 million by Jan. 2026. CBS has not scheduled a domestic broadcast.
