The 60 Minutes correspondent who worked on the segment alleged in an internal email that pulling it from airing was “not an editorial decision, it is a political one."

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss' decision to pull the segment from Sunday's episode sparked criticism, including from the correspondent behind the reporting.

The 60 Minutes segment that was spiked by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for not being ready is now readily available online, after the network that airs the show in Canada ran the original version of the program and subsequently released it online.

CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is plotting to revamp the network’s editorial rulebook as backlash over her decision to shelve a 60 Minutes segment continues. Weiss, 41, is planning a broad overhaul of the network’s standards and procedures,

The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would be aired at a future date, a move that drew criticism from the correspondent behind the reporting.

NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A "60 Minutes" report on a Salvadoran mega-prison housing U.S.-deported migrants spread online on Monday, a day after CBS News pulled the segment before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it needed more reporting.

A "60 Minutes" episode investigating the controversial CECOT prison in El Salvador, which CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly delayed from airing on Sunday, appeared online on Monday after appearing being published by a Canadian TV channel that syndicates "60 Minutes.

A newsroom firestorm has erupted at CBS News after editor-in-chief Bari Weiss made the eleventh‑hour call on Sunday to shelve a 60 Minutes report that was critical of President Donald Trump.