In May 2026, Bari Weiss’s arrival at CBS News was sold as a remedy to the network’s bias. Out went the old guard at 60 Minutes—executive producer Tanya Simon, correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi, Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega, and others whose immigration segments had drawn accusations of selective storytelling. The CECOT episode (on El Salvador’s maximum security Terrorism Confinement Center), which was delayed by internal friction, was Exhibit A. Viewers were told the groundbreaking television news magazine would finally deliver more rigorous, less activist reporting.
A recent segment on removals of illegal aliens to Ghana shows how little has changed.
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