Claim: In December 2025, CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a story about abuses at CECOT, a prison in El Salvador, because the report was a "blatant hoax." Rating: About this rating Originated as SatireIn late December 2025, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss postponed a "60 Minutes" report on abuses in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison just before it was due to air. The video was captioned:Trump's Epic Media Takedown: CBS Yanks Fake 60 Minutes Venezuela Hoax – Democrat Lies Implode in Total Humiliation! CBS abruptly pulls a bogus 60 Minutes hit piece hours before airtime after editor Bari Weiss exposes it as a total fabrication smearing Trump's deportations. However, there was no evidence Weiss pulled the report upon discovering it was a "blatant hoax."

Source: Los Angeles Times December 24, 2025 01:04 UTC