A news segment about the Trump administration’s immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from 60 Minutes was mistakenly aired on a television app after the last-minute decision not to air it touched off a public debate about journalistic independence.
The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Centre, or CECOT, under US President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration.
The story was pulled from...
‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump immigration crackdown accidentally airs on Canadian app
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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