To the editor: The justification utilized by CBS Information Editor in Chief Bari Weiss for pulling a “60 Minutes” section on the, as CBS Information referred to as it, “brutal and torturous” jail circumstances at CECOT in El Salvador, isn’t going to move most individuals’s scent take a look at (“CBS Information correspondent accuses Bari Weiss of ‘political’ transfer in pulling ‘60 Minutes’ piece,” Dec. 21). People have each proper to see the ramifications of finishing up seemingly indiscriminate deportations, usually with out due course of.
As soon as a prestigious investigative information program the place icons similar to Mike Wallace and Morley Safer graced the display screen, “60 Minutes” underneath Weiss has completely altered its stellar popularity. As a substitute of ingratiating herself to President Trump’s allies, she ought to be centered on delivering fact-based journalism and steering CBS Information to proceed to supply credible programming that viewers have demanded over its lengthy and storied previous. Numerous viewers, myself included, have fashioned a good bond of belief with CBS Information from an accumulation of credible reporting, solely to see it unwisely squandered in a blink of an eye fixed.
Discerning People should not satisfied by the protection that the administration’s viewpoint was not included, as a result of officers have been reportedly given the chance to supply statements or be interviewed on digicam for the story. Weiss, save us the lecture that you just’re attempting to convey steadiness to CBS Information. This reads extra like a brazen effort to curry favor with an administration that has been untethered to info.
Anthony Arnaud, Laguna Niguel
