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Fred Mac @fredmac.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Fred Mac

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Damn Phillip

December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM

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Liz C. Tyler

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I uploaded the pulled 60 Minutes Segment on The CECOT Prison in El Salvador to another location for easy viewing.

Should be able to watch here:

youtu.be/CM-eld_cHF0?...

60 Minutes - CECOT Prison in El Salvador (Segment Pulled from airing in the US)

YouTube video by Elizabeth Tyler

youtu.be

December 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

www.muellershewrote.com

December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Fred Mac

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They'll need to go ahead and run this on Vice TV

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

“You have arrived in hell.”

That’s what the CECOT director allegedly told immigrants.

Human Rights Watch said
“Detainees were subjected to constant beatings and other forms of ill-treatment, including some cases of sexual violence”

This is what CBS doesn’t want you to see.

December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM

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Anna Bower

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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
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.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Fred Mac

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Ouch

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 1d

Browns star rookie Quinshon Judkins, who was carted off, suffered a broken leg in today’s game, sources say. He’s also being evaluated for a knee injury.

Judkins’ promising season is over with 947 scrimmage yards in 14 games.

December 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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Suzanne

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Cuban-American in S. Florida and Spanish ancestry (white) “Hispanics.” The rest all now know he was talking about them and their extended families of hard-working women, kids and every day peaceful neighbors. Aka: all shades of brown.

December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM