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December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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2025 in Gaza: 12 months, 12 pictures https://aje.io/w0b27u
Displaced Palestinians trek towards Gaza City on January 27, 2025, after Israel's decision to restore access to the northern part of the enclave. A procession of people moved northwards along Gaza's coastline throughout the day, their possessions packed in plastic bags and converted flour sacks . [AFP] Tents are scattered among the rubble of Israel's air and ground offensive in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on February 17, 2025. [Mohammad Abu Samra/AP Photo] People come together for a communal iftar meal to break their fast on the second day of Ramadan in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district on March 2, 2025. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP] Relatives grieve over the bodies of several Abu Mahdi family members killed in an Israeli air strike during their funeral at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya on April 28, 2025. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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It’s not the immigrants. It’s the billionaires.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM