Ex-60 Minutes Journalist Cecilia Vega Accuses CBS News Chief Bari Weiss of Political Bias and Story Suppression
Former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega, speaking at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Conference, accused CBS News chief Bari Weiss of skewing coverage and inserting political bias. Vega detailed several incidents: pressure to include Vice President JD Vance in a story about West Virginia SNAP cuts despite Vance being from Ohio; demands to include non-existent footage of protesters attacking ICE agents; and a script line claiming Iran was 'totally outgunned' by US and Israeli forces, which she called an administration talking point. Vega also revealed Weiss killed a segment on Trump's mass deportation program sending Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador's CECOT megaprison. The article notes Weiss, founder of The Free Press and former New York Times columnist, had no broadcast journalism experience before being tapped to run CBS News. Multiple veteran journalists have left the network under Weiss's leadership.
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