Who is Sharyn Alfonsi? '60 Minutes' correspondent is alleging political interference in her story on CECOT

CBS, '60 Minutes' face backlash after pulling El Salvador prison segment Fox News' Nate Foy joins 'America's Newsroom' to report on CBS postponing a '60 Minutes' segment on El Salvador's maximum security prison. CBS News is in the midst of a major controversy, as "60 Minutes" reporter Sharyn Alfonsi has sharply criticized editor-in-chief Bari Weiss' decision to delay her segment from airing about the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT. Alfonsi, a longtime correspondent for the newsmagazine, finds herself as part of the story after she sent a note to colleagues fuming over the decision by Weiss to hold the story, "Inside CECOT," claiming it was done for political rather than editorial reasons. The Trump administration didn't grant CBS an interview for the segment. The fight has leaked into the public, causing a media frenzy and creating yet another headache at the Tiffany Network. Who is Sharyn Alfonsi? Alfonsi is a "60 Minutes" investigative correspondent. According to her online biography, she first appeared on the program in 2015, and has won several awards, including two Emmys for her reporting about survivors of the Parkland school shooting in 2018. Sharyn Alfonsi has accused Bari Weiss, right, of holding her "60 Minutes" story for political, not editorial, reasons. (Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty Images;Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press) She joined CBS again after a stint at ABC News. She worked previously as a CBS correspondent in New York and other CBS-owned local outlets before going to ABC. She's done a range of profiles for "60 Minutes" and investigative segments, including into the death of Jeffrey Epstein, and has reported from war zones, including coverage of the Biden administration's chaotic 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal. Her most recent story delved into the dangers of AI bots that chat with minors. What is her CECOT story about? Alfonsi's segment "Inside CECOT" was going to feature her interviewing some released deportees from the notorious prison, "who describe the brutal and torturous conditions" there. TRUMP OPEN TO SENDING VIOLENT AMERICAN CRIMINALS TO EL SALVADOR PRISONS Prisoners with MS-13 gang tattoos look out of their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images) "Earlier this year, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, a country most had no ties to, claiming they were terrorists. This move sparked an ongoing legal battle, and nine months later the U.S. government still has not released the names of all those deported and placed in CECOT, one of El Salvador’s harshest prisons," the press release for the segment read. Has Alfonsi had any controversial reporting before this? Alfonsi came under fire in 2021 for a "60 Minutes" segment where she challenged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and painted a narrative that he had given supermarket chain Publix preferential treatment on distributing COVID vaccines because its PAC had donated $100,000 to his campaign. However, the story came under significant criticism, including from...

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