'60 Minutes' Will Reportedly Run Segment Yanked By Bari Weiss On Tonight's Broadcast -- Against Huge Timeslot Competition

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Source: MEDIAite

Jan 18th, 2026, 1:36 pm


After much controversy, 60 Minutes — reportedly — will finally run the segment yanked by Bari Weiss right before its originally scheduled airdate. However, it will do so on a broadcast that is all but certain to get dismal ratings — as it faces stiff competition from an NFL playoff game.

According to CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter, the postponed segment — which focuses on the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador’s high-security CECOT prison — will run on Sunday night’s edition of 60 Minutes, four weeks after its originally scheduled broadcast on Dec. 21. Weiss originally postponed the segment because she believed, “at present, we do not present the administration’s argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT.” Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported on the story, was furious — slamming the move as a “political decision” and arguing that Weiss’s reasoning was flawed.

“Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story,” Alfonsi wrote, in an internal memo of her own. “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”

But Stelter reports that while Alfonsi “was certainly reluctant to make changes to the original report,” she flew from Texas to DC on Thursday to interview a Trump administration official. But the interview “did not materialize,” according to Stelter. Still, the segment will air Sunday night.



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[RockRaven]

1. They also held it until their were dozens of other scandals du jour to distract and overwhelm

and most of the potential viewers will now consider this old news anyway.

[hlthe2b]

2. Sigh... Those who really NEED to see it will be watching NFL. I saw the Canadian "leak"

and I feel pretty well informed on the monstrous nature of CECOT and Trump actions.

But, those in denial REALLY ought to see that segment but won't.

[erronis]

4. It doesn't matter when it airs. It could even be shown on Fux Nooz and they wouldn't watch it.

Denial is their defense.

[joanbarnes]

3. Everyone who wanted to see it saw it already. Thanks to Canada and GO BEARS!

[richdj25]

5. Doesn't mean squat......................

The segment has already been all over Facebook, You-Tube and many other online platforms, which most of the world has seen. This will be nothing more than one of their reruns, which most tend to leave alone.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Their ratings are tanking. Don't reward See BS for their capitalist disingenuousness.

[paleotn]

7. Exactly. Don't have to. It was leaked already and is all over the interwebs.

Seems See BS isn't pursuing that futile game of legal whack-a-mole anymore.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That's one way of hiding it, but she forgets that many Americans have DVR

Plus a great many Americans have already seen the episode thanks to our Canadian neighbors - including those of us on DU...

[BigmanPigman]

9. I'm boycotting CBS

along with most of the typical BS from the media....they all suck up to tRump and are a waste of my time. I wish they'd all go bankrupt. $$$$$$ talks and the MSM is cashing in on our suffering by hiding the truth and selectively supporting the GOP. Hit them where they live...their over stuffed pocketbooks! "Money" is what they live for so,cut off the financial supply. It worked well for Jimmy Kimmel....a great example of greed by US media.

BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Chemical Bill]

10. I checked our cable guide channel...

and the description of 60 Minutes was a generic boilerplate write up having no specifics about tonight's topics.

She really doesn't want anyone to watch....