Scott Pelley Knew Exactly What He Was Doing in Trashing Bari Weiss (opens in new tab)

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss lost her initial battle against the staff of 60 Minutes. That was back in December, when she blocked the airing of a segment that highlighted the inhumane treatment at an El Salvador prison of Venezuelan men who had been deported from the United States and sent there. Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent who reported the segment, wrote an email blasting Weiss’s decision that ended up being leaked and published widely. Weiss was criticized heavily in media and ...