Bari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one report

If the goal of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss is to put her network’s content in front of as many eyes as possible, her decision to hold a previously greenlit “60 Minutes” report on American deportees at El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison was a rousing success. In the days since the report was initially scheduled to air, digital samizdat copies have proliferated across multiple social media platforms, fueled in part by frustrations with Weiss’ censorial efforts and likely spreading far beyond “60 Minutes’” core television viewership.