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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Advertising and ratings are toxic metrics to bind journalism to.
The proper way to proceed is to build systems and infrastructure that replace these vacuous incentives.
But that’s what pays for the content in our current system. Publicly funded journalism is my preference but the problem is some governments bend those to their will and we don’t get true reporting. I agree with you that advertisers metrics are bullshit and we should do better but I just don’t see where we can go.