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cbabe

(6,195 posts)
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:13 PM Dec 22

'Astonishing': Internet erupts after canned '60 Minutes' segment leaked

https://www.rawstory.com/60-minutes-2674823138/

'Astonishing': Internet erupts after canned '60 Minutes' segment leaked

Robert Davis
December 22, 2025 7:53PM ET



On Sunday, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss scrapped a segment on "60 Minutes" about President Donald Trump's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. The video features testimony from deportees who said officers told them they "would never see the light of day again." It aired in Canada even though the segment was not shown in the U.S.



This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!" ex-conservative lawyer and Democratic candidate for Congress George Conway posted on X. "Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!"

"Yes, this is real. Yes, it's astonishing," CNN media expert Brian Stelter posted on X. "Global TV, which airs 60 Minutes in Canada, uploaded the original version of Sunday's episode, including the Sharyn Alfonsi segment that Bari Weiss shelved. And now people all across the internet are watching the segment."

"It’s not just the New York Times. It’s not just Tucker Carlson. It’s not just MSNBC. It’s not just Megyn Kelly. It’s not just Peter Twinklage. CANADA effectively told Bari Weiss to pound sand tonight!" Peter Rothpletz, contributor to Zeteo News, posted on X.

The most dangerous thing about this segment is that it shows America that these immigrants being sent to the foreign gulags are human beings, and the real monsters are the people denying them due process, abducting them and sending them there," Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director for the Campaign for NY Health, posted on X.

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'Astonishing': Internet erupts after canned '60 Minutes' segment leaked (Original Post) cbabe Dec 22 OP
Keep spreading it ... doublethink Dec 22 #1
I have watched and have shared it! sheshe2 Dec 22 #2
I wonder if Bari ever wrote high school or university papers on the Holocaust. TheBlackAdder Dec 23 #17
Did you share it here? never mind.. mountain grammy Dec 23 #22
Here's a copy on DailyMotion. bbernardini Dec 22 #3
thanks Be Leave On Dec 22 #13
Congratulations on 10,000 posts KS Toronado Dec 23 #18
Thank you for the link.. mountain grammy Dec 23 #21
Good job dingle Bari. nt miyazaki Dec 22 #4
"We only hire the best." erronis Dec 22 #5
'Dingle Bari!' MyOwnPeace Dec 23 #26
Leni Rifenstahl would be so proud. Kid Berwyn Dec 22 #6
Watch Canadian leak here: cbabe Dec 22 #7
Trump... GiqueCee Dec 23 #23
Combine the power of the persuasion tool... littlemissmartypants Dec 22 #8
Right-wingers never expect the Streisand Effect, no matter how many times they've been hit with the Streisand Effect. eppur_se_muova Dec 22 #10
Thank you Canada! Our good friend to the North FakeNoose Dec 22 #9
Yes TY, Canada, and Leakers Everywhere... Cha Dec 22 #11
saw it joanbarnes Dec 22 #12
k&r bagimin Dec 22 #14
Can they just fire her ass now rather than later. CBS, already last of the Big 3, will suffer even lower ratings Marie Marie Dec 22 #15
Kicking because Bari Weiss wouldn't democrank Dec 23 #16
But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. Ping Tung Dec 23 #19
Rec. Rec. Rec malaise Dec 23 #20
Bari Weiss should have been Rcanouse Dec 23 #24
Human Trafficking!!!!! BurnDoubt Dec 23 #25
I don't see how anyone could name it anything OTHER than human trafficking... slightlv Dec 23 #30
Yep!!!!! BurnDoubt Dec 23 #31
Keep it up! jaymac Dec 23 #27
Thanks for this! Maru Kitteh Dec 23 #28
So glad it came out. Its horrific . Evolve Dammit Dec 23 #29

doublethink

(7,301 posts)
1. Keep spreading it ...
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:34 PM
Dec 22

Last edited Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:24 PM - Edit history (1)

An average Sunday night audience of 60 Minutes is 8.3 million to 10 million viewers here in the U.S. Digital Media clips of the segments weekly after that 90 to 140 million views. Let's blow it out of the water DU !!! Link it, pass it on. Go for it. Peace.

sheshe2

(95,890 posts)
2. I have watched and have shared it!
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:41 PM
Dec 22

Since Bari et all tried to bury it, the leaked vid is now going to go viral. Ooopsie!

Keep spreading the news!

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
17. I wonder if Bari ever wrote high school or university papers on the Holocaust.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:33 AM
Dec 23

Were there no lessons learned from school, temple or family?

GiqueCee

(3,410 posts)
23. Trump...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 09:38 AM
Dec 23

... is a psychopath, an irredeemable monster, and a source of indelible shame that this country will not live down for a long, long time.
Putin, with the help of his useful idiot, Donald J. Trump and his malignant minions, has succeeded in destroying America's standing in the civilized world. Every Republican in the nation, to varying degrees, is forever branded as an accomplice to this obscene travesty. Miller, Noem, Homan, and all of the active participants in this crime MUST be prosecuted.
Those who simply chose to believe Trump's blatant and malicious lies, and gleefully attended his rallies intended to assuage his fragile and insatiable ego, should be ashamed of themselves. They did not Make America Great Again, they brought Her to Her knees, debased Her, and cheered Her humiliation.
Though they may not be guilty of direct association with Trump's crimes, as those Republicans in government most certainly are, their judgement can never be trusted again, and the hard-core Trump-humping sycophants who refuse to acknowledge their responsibility will never be forgiven.
It's going to be a long, hard road to redemption for America, so the richest nation ever to exist on Earth had better get started by using that incredible wealth to do some real good here at home, and in the world, and to atone for the harm that irredeemably rotten people inflicted on others in Her name.

And oh, yeah... Merry Christmas, though another Happy New Year may be a long time coming.

littlemissmartypants

(31,640 posts)
8. Combine the power of the persuasion tool...
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:54 PM
Dec 22

Scarcity and The Streisand Effect and....

ZING.... 💫💫💫


As one of the six basic principles behind the science of persuasion, then, "scarcity" can be leveraged to convince people to buy into our suggestions, heed our advice or accept our business proposals. In other words: If you've got something of value nobody else has, there's a good chance somebody out there will want to buy it.
https://news.wpcarey.asu.edu/20070214-gentle-science-persuasion-part-six-scarcity

eppur_se_muova

(40,982 posts)
10. Right-wingers never expect the Streisand Effect, no matter how many times they've been hit with the Streisand Effect.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:20 PM
Dec 22

They're just slow learners, and they have ********** N O ******** imagination. The latter condition is a prerequisite to being a Conservative. They simply cannot imagine that things wouldn't work out the way they do in their feverish, Fascist dreams. Then Reality says, "Let me hold your beer".

Marie Marie

(10,887 posts)
15. Can they just fire her ass now rather than later. CBS, already last of the Big 3, will suffer even lower ratings
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:14 PM
Dec 22

under her leadership.

Ping Tung

(4,141 posts)
19. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 09:10 AM
Dec 23
Thomas Paine

BurnDoubt

(1,472 posts)
25. Human Trafficking!!!!!
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:56 AM
Dec 23

Can we then send the Regime and their Stooges there? Due Process would be inappropriate.
Irony demands it.

slightlv

(7,438 posts)
30. I don't see how anyone could name it anything OTHER than human trafficking...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 07:34 PM
Dec 23

for sex, for money... it doesn't make any difference the *why*... they were trafficked to El Salvador for one sort of favor or another. And rump was at the heart of it. If he doesn't die, he HAS to be put in jail for rape, for child rape, and for human trafficking... and then start adding the charges of insurrection and treason!

jaymac

(248 posts)
27. Keep it up!
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 06:02 PM
Dec 23

whoever copied this and aired it...kudos..keep it up. At some point they will crash and burn.....don't stop, thinking' about tomorrow!! Thank you.......

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