Archivists have saved and uploaded copies of the 60 Minutes episode new CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered be shelved as a torrent and multiple file sharing sites after an international distributor aired the episode.
The moves show how difficult it may be for CBS to stop the episode, which focused on the experience of Venezuelans deported to El Salvadorian mega prison CECOT, from spreading across the internet. Bari Weiss stopped the episode from being released Sunday even after the episode was reviewed and checked multiple times by the news outlet, according to an email CBS correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi sent to her colleagues.
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Sounds like an “international distributor” aired the episode, so it was already public, at least in whatever country it aired in. The only risk they took is perhaps getting their “international distribution” contract cancelled.
If it aired publicly, and nobody involved in the distribution is involved in the “archiving”, there may be very little that can be done about it, short of sending the USS Trump to carpetbomb their country.