WASHINGTON: The leadership of CBS News was facing accusations of political meddling on Monday (Dec 22) over a last-minute decision to not air a report on the notorious Salvadoran prison where US President Donald Trump has sent deported migrants. CBS had been due to air the investigation late Sunday about alleged abuses at the CECOT centre in El Salvador on its flagship "60 Minutes" programme, seen by many as one of the most prestigious and hard-hitting institutions in US journalism. The facility has been at the centre of major US legal case since March, when the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan and other migrants there despite a judge's order that they be returned to the United States.
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